Reply #23: The beatings are beyond the pale, but the uniform isn't. [View All]

When I taught in Catholic high schools, the uniforms had to be tucked in, and girls were supposed to wear only one pair of earrings (often overlooked that one, personally). We didn't make the boys pull chairs out or anything like that, but we did enforce basic rules of respect.

Of course, there is no way any student would ever be beaten at either school I taught at. That's just ridiculous. She left school property without permission, so she gets beaten?! Why not just put her in detention? Why not get a bit more creative and have her help wash desks for an hour after school or even better, make her call her mother and explain why she couldn't be found.

I seriously doubt the ED staff put a cast on her hand for no reason or just because she asked for one. How could those school administrators say her case had no merit?! There's no way I could ever teach at a place like that.