But even for licking a mirror it's not OK to slap a child. Or tap a child on the face. Whatever.
I think it's context. A teacher tapping a child on the face to get their attention turns the atmosphere into something totally different.
My son is 11 y.o. and is in taekwondo. There is one student who is constantly wiggling, out of focus, looking anywhere but at the teacher, belt falling off. He even wanders off sometimes and brings things up out of the blue, and this is a place where it's pretty hard to do anything but focus on what's going on at the front of the class. He obviously has extreme attention deficiencies. The teachers never do more than firmly call his name and tell him to get back on track. And they frequently have to repeat. That's the way it is.
Seriously, they have this boy for 45 minutes 2 or 3 times a week at most. They can manage to get him back on track without hitting him, no matter how light the hit is.
I think it's context. A teacher tapping a child on the face to get their attention turns the atmosphere into something totally different.
My son is 11 y.o. and is in taekwondo. There is one student who is constantly wiggling, out of focus, looking anywhere but at the teacher, belt falling off. He even wanders off sometimes and brings things up out of the blue, and this is a place where it's pretty hard to do anything but focus on what's going on at the front of the class. He obviously has extreme attention deficiencies. The teachers never do more than firmly call his name and tell him to get back on track. And they frequently have to repeat. That's the way it is.
Seriously, they have this boy for 45 minutes 2 or 3 times a week at most. They can manage to get him back on track without hitting him, no matter how light the hit is.
