When school had physical punishment...

I grew up in a few countries across different continents. Except for Singapore, where I studied Grade 5 and 6, all the schools I went to had corporal punishment prohibited. I have never seen any physical punishment at school my whole life.

Since I'm learning elementary German, my husband often sends me clips with easy German. Today he shared one with me which is somehow related to this blog:

It is a simulation of a German school 100 years ago. I don't understand most of the things said, but it's easy to tell what they were doing.

My husband once told me when he went to lower primary school in Germany, young teachers never hit kids, but some old teachers brought a stick to class. I had no idea what he was talking about and what the stick was for, but now I understand.