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ruler slap?
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I answered your other question. Ha. I have a lot of Japanese friends who are teachers. Through their stories and through my own first hand experience I can tell you there are two types of students in Japan: ones who want to do well and accept their punishment and ones who don't give a sh*t and will just as easily attack a teacher if a punishment is handed down for some wrong doing. As I said in my other answer, it is a constitutional right for a Japanese child to get an education. Because of this, students are almost never, ever kicked out of school no matter what they do. For the students who want to do well and take their work seriously don't usually need to be punished. But, they're kids so every now and again one will need disciplining and the kid will almost *always* obey and honor a punishment. Punishments range from being hollered at by a teacher to getting whacked on the head with a pencil, ruler, other object to being put out in the hallway to do their work. That's about the extent of it. Teachers act as a third parent in Japan and because kids spend so much time at school the students want to do well and gain approval of their teachers. Makes for an easier existence for all. For unruly kids, there's no helping them. That's the God's honest truth. Teachers keep a close eye on kids from the moment they enter a new school (and student records follow the students). If the staff determines the students cannot be controlled, they are deemed hopeless. Literally. The teachers stop helping, stop paying attention and no punishments are handed down. It sounds unbelievable but it's the truth, which kind of sucks. When a kid is deemed hopeless they aren't even required to attend class and many of them don't. The law requires students to show up at school and that's that. The staff's job is to keep students on school grounds until school is over. So, the kids who don't attend class are required to stay on school grounds. They don't have to be in the school at all, just on the school's property. Most of what I've just told you applies to JHS and SHS. Elementary schools are completely different. Again, the teacher being the parent while the student is at school teachers do a lot of things you might not expect. I've seen teachers spank kids on more than occasion and it's perfectly normal. I've seen kids get whacked on the head with stuff and it's perfectly normal. Elementary schools are much more under control than the higher grades, it's just the way things are. Hope this helps.
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