MDG, in that time all teachers used corporal punishment. MY father z”l told me that when he was in public school his teacher would hit students on the hands with a ruler. There was even a ditty, which was still around in my time, that started “Glory, glory hallalu-h. The teacher hit me with a ruler”. However, in those times it was accepted. Today poskim agree that a child should not be hit unless he is endangering himself or someone else.
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