Whipped!

Before school started, we asked our grandpa if the teachers still whipped children. And he said, “Of course not Chloe!” As if I had asked a silly question. Just a few weeks ago, however, I actually witnessed it. I didn’t just hear about it. We had this super easy homework assignment, that I even thought was easy. It was simply just to draw the cover of your end of semester report. However, surprisingly, there were many kids who either forgot to bring it, or didn’t put effort into it at all. So, these children had to go up on the platform in the classroom (where the teacher teaches). I have seen many people go up on the platform before to get yelled at, so I was assuming that was what was going to happen. Then, the teacher took out his bare hand, and demanded all the kids to put out their bare hand.  First, the kids who didn’t do the assignment, got hit three times. Then, the kids who forgot to bring the assignment, got hit twice. And lastly, the kids who barely put effort into the assignment, got hit once. I couldn’t believe my eyes. But my friend said, “this is very normal. Our teacher is actually very nice! Some teachers take a bamboo stick and whip the kids on the hands. And they have to get a new stick each week since the old one gets destroyed. So we are lucky that our teacher hits with his bare hand, since his hand will hurt too.” I agree that my teacher is actually very nice, but all teachers here are very strict. My teacher later on told me that I don’t need to be so worried because he also knows that I just came here from the US, so have a harder time than the other children.He also told me that he knows that I always put in effort.

My classroom through the balcony window