Do you agree with using appropriate physical punishment in schools?
According to mStar, a Malaysian teacher recently took to social media to share her frustration after being summoned by her school administration, all because she gently pulled a student’s ear for failing to submit homework for two months.
Ignored homework for over eight weeks
In her post, the teacher explained that the student had continuously ignored homework instructions for over eight weeks.
Out of discipline, she lightly tugged on his ear to remind him to be responsible. However, the act quickly escalated when the student’s parent lodged a complaint, accusing her of “physically punishing the child.”
That day, I was called in by the school because I pulled a student’s ear. The homework I assigned two months ago still wasn’t done. I pulled his ear, and he went to complain.
“It was his father who complained. After that, I just stopped bothering about him.”
‘Teachers can’t even scold students now’
The post struck a chord among many educators, who flooded the comments section with messages of empathy and frustration.
A former teacher commented that students today are increasingly difficult to discipline, while overprotective parents make teachers’ jobs even harder.
“Not that I wanted to lose my temper, but kids today are really like that. I used to teach secondary school, they think they’re grown-ups and talk back to teachers.
“All we want is for them to finish their homework. But they behave this way because they think teachers can’t touch them, and their parents always defend them.”
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