A Muay Thai teacher canes his preteen students for coming home late, and another time for fighting. [23] In a credits scene, he canes the four boys and girls for their dangerous actions. [24]

The students were horrified,'' James P. Heiden, the district's director of student services, said of the incident. ``It took everybody by complete surprise.'' I remember my mom calling me into the hall where the old wall mounted "crank'" phone was if anyone remembers those old phones. Everyone was on a party line and when the phone rang you had to count the ring pattern to see if it was for you or your neighbor. I was pretending to be "Steve Austin"...."The Six Million Dollar Man." I watched this show at home and loved it in 73. I cant tell you if I was aggressive because of being hit or because its a normal part of play and imagination to escape into make believe and pretend to be someone else.When she went to catch the bus now, it was wiggle of a young woman. Even the man with the bowler hat who sat in the same seat every day started to smile, and greet her with a tipping of the hat. She had no idea that he began to see her differently, she just assumed it was cordial familiarity with a regular person he saw on the bus.

Her mummy, was at the very least, delighted! “Ohhh you clever girl Karen, you have made your Mummy so very proud. This Saturday, we are off to town you and I, we will go to Rushet’s Cafe on the High Street, and I’ll take you to your favourite bakers and get you a lovely cream cake to have after Sunday tea! Then my dear, we will go looking at uniforms and satchels. You are going to look lovely, you deserve the best….well done!” I had four bare bottom spankings (two in front of other children, one in private and one in front of my class) when I was in junior school (7 - 11 yrs old). In addition, I remember having three bare bottom canings (two in private and one in front of a class - but not my class). I also had numerous spanking with trousers down. And .... To think that I was generally a good lad. The last beating I got from her was the strap with my pants down. That was in private at least. Except for a teacher witness. That was also over the knee. It was extremely traumatic and caused tremendous shame being stood up nude and dressing in front of everyone with her hands holding my shirt up under my arms and my pants and underwear at the floor. Next to complete nudity in front of my neighbors and friends and relatives. I wasn't even allowed to cover myself. When I tried I was threatened with going over her knee again right then and there. That was the same as when she was unbuttoning my pants and opening my zipper. Its only natural to put your hands in the way to stop it. She yelled at me to keep my hands out of the way when my pants were nearly falling down loose off my hips. I remember not wanting everyone to see my underwear. I now know what a spanking looks like and I know what they would have seen. It was insane. They would have watched my bottom turning three shades of red. This was 1973. Was this allowed,was this common? I cant be alone. This is the kind of thing that happens in homes not school, right?The journey to the end of the day was like some heroic trek in a fantasy novel. Long and arduous. The lunch time collection of the ‘death sentence’ sent a cold shiver to her tummy. The words left the slip and ran amok in her brain. There before her the words threatened her bottom. The family could ask the state attorneys office to review the video and determine if there were any battery charges that were committed, first of all. If the teacher committed battery, if that corporal punishment was deemed not to be reasonable - as well as if the students committed battery by doing an unwanted touching to the other student," said Peoples-Waters. I would like to hear from teachers really. Specifically retired teachers from that era. Does anyone know if there is a place to ask these teachers for their opinion. I would like to hear them try to justify what was done. Even an apology would be nice. The movie is set in a girl's high school, where the teachers liberally dish out corporal punishment, like beatings, on the students. [15] The painter's daughter Cornelia is caned on her hands by her grandmother for framing the maid (and model for the titular painting) for theft.