Cambodia News (Kampot Province): On February 19, 2022, a primary school teacher, Soung Ven, is being sued for 2,000USD after beating up a 13-year-old student, Reth Phearun, by the victim's mother, Ren Sreymao, 33 years old.

According to the victim's mother, on February 14, the boy was hit on the head by the teacher when he did not pay attention in class, and since then the boy is frightened to go to school. The school principal disciplined the teacher, and he called in the victim's mother to resolve the situation.
The teacher says he can not afford to pay 2,000USD to settle the problem, so this incident is still ongoing and has not yet been resolved between the two parties.

One of my old teacher's was a cracking shot from when he was writing on the blackboard and you weren't paying attention, "WHACK" the piece of chalk would always catch you around the forehead. Then of course if you deserved it, there was always six of the best of the cane. Wonder what price would be put on that punishment.

Freightdog wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 5:05 am Beating up? Or a cautionary flick of the hand across his head to snap him back to the task at hand?

It sounds to me like the mother is fundamental to the reason the son possibly needed an old fashioned clip around the ear.

Back in my day, that clip round the ear, would have been followed by another (possibly several) if I’d been foolish enough to inform my mother about a teacher (or any other adult for that matter) giving me a clip.

We of course don't know all of the facts here. But hitting on the head is never an acceptable form of punishment and can lead to permanent brain damage. That happened to a cousin of mine, who's dad would hit him at the dinner table, and to a Khmer person I know. Using a cane on the hand or the behind is a different matter.

Nothing against a short sharp clip with the fingers; it is all about the surprise, not the pain which is where many parents or teachers probably go wrong. We had a German teacher with a penchant for throwing the blackboard rubber at students no holds barred who was particularly brutal in just offloading his life's stress on kids, definitely not okay. If disciplined correctly in early toddler years, you will rarely even need to raise your voice ever again until they hit puberty. You are also doing your kid a favour, I'll try to fish out the link by Jordan Peterson on disciplining kids before it is too late, after a certain age, you've lost the fight - for good.

The parents who suggest talking little Jean-Paul down with logic & adult reason are the very same folks you see whining "oh he's just like that, nothing I can do" as little Jean-Paul runs riot with every adult in the room swearing "if that was my bloody kid ..."

Quote - If disciplined correctly in early toddler years, you will rarely even need to raise your voice ever again until they hit puberty. I am actually against lashing out at kids, but also understand that some form of punishment must be applied in such like the 13-year-old not paying attention to his classwork. The effect of no punishment, reflects quite badly! The boy could now be easily looked upon by other classmates has that of a leader and what they too can easily follow and get out of schoolwork in general. Also, then you see the kids taking that of a lead role, with no regard for the authority of the teacher trying to educate them.
I once had a work placement at my old high school, my favourite art teacher was still there (but not the teacher I remember) the kids had found a weakness in his easy-going ways. He would simply now set out a lesson task for the kids, then lock himself in the art storeroom hitting the bottle of whiskey until the next bell sounded.