I got the strap on the hands in middle school 2 times by the vice-principle. 1968 & 69.
1st time was for bumper sliding in the snow hanging onto the buses back bumper.
2nd time was for going on a girls school trip to the hospital to see what nurses did.
I refused this time as I thought it unfair as men could be nurses too. My Mom was a nurse at this hospital. The school phoned my Dad, who was Secretary/Treasurer of the school board, to report my refusal. The next morning my Dad took me to school to receive my punishment.
I was originally from Britain, Dad was a flight lieutenant on the Lancaster bomber before we moved to Canada in '59 when I was 4. I would get the belt on a fairly regular basis and once had a yardstick broken over my butt when I was 10. I left home at 15.
I'm not saying corporal punishment is wrong but it certainly needs to be for a damn good reason. I had a lady teacher in grade 6 & 7, Mrs. McKenzie, she would walk around the class with a thick 18" wooden ruler and rap your knuckles if they were idle.
I also had a pervert teacher, Mr. Britton, in grade 7, who also was a cub leader. I squealed on him to my Dad. It took 2 years for them to fire him. He was always touching the girls in my class and one of them was a crush of mine. I wasn't in his cub pack so I don't know if he had a thing for boys too or not. My Dad was also a Scout leader, I was in his pack.
Dad is now 96 and just moved into an old folks home, leaving my 92 year old Mom by herself in their trailer. She's almost blind and needs a stroller to walk. Somehow she doesn't qualify for the home as well. Dad is getting senile, forgetful and can't hear.
A few years after leaving home I made up with my Dad and we were good from that day forward.
I feel for that little girl, who is much too young to be abused like that. I trust the authorities won't take 2 years to get rid of that abusing teacher. How can you possibly be that pissed at such a youngster and not be right in the head. He needs a lot of alone time in a cell to think about what he has done. Then released into the general population for his justice.