When my older brothers were in school [1970s and 80s children were spanked on their bottoms – often for very little reason.
When i was a kid they decided to bring a new guy who thought he understood chinuch so he cut down a bit on the spanking and instead invented a whole bunch of different torture including making children walk round the block without shoes, spenidng time stuck under tables, or sitting without a chair – or any combination.
At any rate i 100% sure that i came way better than my brothers – so you can draw your own conclusions….