tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post7699116817401452020..comments2023-12-21T18:46:57.631+08:00Comments on Tea With Tina: The Teacher and the RotanTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07610228804345285508noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-58874260789447764902015-11-03T00:18:20.365+08:002015-11-03T00:18:20.365+08:00Charles, thank you for visiting and leaving commen...Charles, thank you for visiting and leaving comments. I've seen what could happen when teachers get carried away. I guess some people call it 'disciplining'. Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610228804345285508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-34261914221651805322015-10-17T14:20:59.586+08:002015-10-17T14:20:59.586+08:00In the first three years of my teaching I used rot...In the first three years of my teaching I used rotan. I stopped using it when I was down with depression and saw things. I injured a student so seriously that it had become a police case. From then onwards I have never touched a cane, fearing that I can't control my emotion.sintaicharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868981642239038913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-33489319403874337302015-10-17T14:16:09.424+08:002015-10-17T14:16:09.424+08:00During my student days the son of my school's ...During my student days the son of my school's chairman always bullied me and one day I threw a piece of brick at him. As a result I was given three strokes of rotan. Before this I had complained many times to the teachers but none of them dared to punish him. It was kind of unfair as far as I can remember. Things like that were common in Chinese schools in the old days, when the children of chairmen were feared and respected. A teacher even called one of them 'Boss."sintaicharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868981642239038913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4419042736661556334.post-1730464153997212642015-10-17T14:13:39.903+08:002015-10-17T14:13:39.903+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.sintaicharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868981642239038913noreply@blogger.com