gq: Throughout the history of education the most common form of school discipline was corporal punishment. While a child was in school, a teacher was expected to act as a substitute parent, with all the normal forms of parental discipline open to them.
Question: How common of a type was corporal punishment in schools? Question: What was the usual type of school discipline? Question: When could a teacher act in the role of a parent? Question: What was the teacher's role while the child was with them? Question: What types of discipline did the teacher have access to?