Beating

A computer teacher has just lost his job for beating a child with a stick.

Perhaps I should tell you what the school is like where beating is the disciplinary measure.

The same scenario arose the other day in two different classes: my class, and a regular teachers class.

1: My class
Sir can I go and drink water?
No, sit down
Sir please
No
Please sir
No, sit down.
Please sir, I'm very thirsty sir.
NO.
Sir...
NO, SIT DOWN. How many times have I said that now?

2: School Teachers class
Sir can I go and drink water?
(teacher shoots up from his seat, raises his palm, child cowers) WHY YOU ASK THIS? WHY YOU ASK TO TAKE WATER AND ALWAYS WANTING TO GO HERE AND THERE? THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR TO DRINK WATER? GO! SIT!

I should explain, that wasn't the man who lost his job, that was a fairly normal scene.
There are two main differences. 1) The teacher was very aggressive, while I wasn't. 2) The child sat down instantly in the teacher's class, but it took me 5 tellings before he sat down in my class and he asked again in a few minutes.

Basically, the children don't do ANYTHING unless there's a chance of getting battered if they don't obey. If they are asked in a normal tone, they just ignore you.

To make things even more interesting, the 12th class students are now on hunger strike until the band teacher apologises for hitting one of them.

So yeah, the discipline is a mess here.