As a teacher of fourth-graders in a public school, where corporal punishement was not allowed, she had years of violence stored up and was, truth be told, sort of enjoying letting it out on Kona, who she felt could have been the poster child for the failure of public education. Christopher Moore
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In her article, “Teaching a fourth-grader about corporal punishment,” the author, who is a parent of four children, describes her experiences as a fourth-grade teacher in a public school. As part of a field trip to a public school, she witnessed a parent slapping her son hard on the bottom. She was appalled and felt that the parent should be reported to the authorities for child abuse.

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