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The worst one I got was I had to 
copy out a dictionary.

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Being beaten up for not doing my homework
or even not following the teacher.

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The worst punishment would be to call the family,
and let them know what you did.

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Punishment was either sent to bed
or go and run for miles.

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If you were thrown out that was the worst thing.

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There was this guy at our school who
was really naughty

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and his dad built an Olympic swimming pool
and he got let off.

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Apart from that you normally get expelled,

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unless
you're really rich, then you get away with everything.

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In secondary school they'll put you in a 
lower group if you're misbehaved

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so you don't disrupt other people,

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but then you're not reaching full potential,
so I don't think it's quite right.

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They should just smack you.

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I've been hit once or twice actually, 
by the headmaster.

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Sometime you have to be on your knees
for 2 hours in the classroom,

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or sometimes you put you feet up on
your wall, your head down, for hours,

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and also been beaten on the hand so many times

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and it was quite painful and difficult.

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I was raised in Sweden, so I came here
in my secondary school.

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Sweden is so lenient compared to here. 
I think English schools are the strictest.

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I came from Africa where the education
is not similar to here.

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I think kids in Britain or in Europe
are very spoilt at school.

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The education system here is very soft and more
democratic

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and there you don't have a choice.

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It's part of education, 
being beat up and learn.

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I came over to England, it was 10 years
ago, and racism was so much.

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My colleagues and my friends in
England calling you 'Chinky',

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that's why I always get into fights.

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I didn’t learn a lot with the punishment

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Some schools are more lenient than
others and some are really strict.

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My little sister goes to the same school,

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she gets in trouble for same 
things I did, so nothing really changes.

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There's restrictions nowadays,
so no hitting, not much shouting either.

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It's all about respecting the child and
making sure their needs are met

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before the rest of the curriculum, I guess.

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I think some of the punishments seem
to be a lot harsher than ...

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... kids used to be disciplined a
lot more from an earlier age.

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Things are changing, so they must care
more about the people who's in class.

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They try to talk more about your problems.

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If there were more responsible tasks to do,

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like maybe clean up or something, 
or help out another teacher.

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I think parents should be able to get a
fine or something like that,

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then they're not going to let 
their child get into trouble,

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then they're going to tell the child, 
'We're not paying the fine,

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this is coming out of your Christmas, 
your birthday, your pocket money'.

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I think that'll be a really effective way.

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Kids can get away with a lot nowadays.
It's not doing any good to society.

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Look at the violence, the crime.

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Corporal punishment was kind of good, look at how
the second generation, our parents,

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how they grew up, they had discipline
and it was all right for them.

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It didn't do any harm to them, so why not us?