ally bad headache, and I want you to be keep quiet. Take out a book and read silently." If the child refuses to obey and continues to be loud and disruptive, a teacher would react in one of the two ways. One, the teacher who does not believe in corporal punishment, can, with mounting frustration, continues to tell the child to be quiet, and eventually faced with the child refusing to settle down. Everyone has their own limits and when someone crosses that line, the teacher might explode, irrationally shakes the child and inflict real harm. As a result, not only will the teacher feel remorse and shame, but also he would be liable for legal action. On the other hand, if the teacher believes in physical/ corporal punishment, then, after the misbehavior or refusal, he or she may just spank the child and the child would eventually quiet down. One example of a positive result from punishment is stated in my old elementary school teacher Mr. Lee's letter to me. "... through out my twenty years of teaching, I don't remember any troublem
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