corporal punishment

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In later years, Buhari attributed his disciplinarian bent to spending his formative years at boarding school, where corporal punishment was the norm, and in the military.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

Those who came before us also absorbed things in school no one’s pining to bring back, like corporal punishment or Manifest Destiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

That includes by rehiring all women teachers, reforming the curriculum in line with international human rights standards and ending corporal punishment.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

As Human Rights Watch explained in a recent report, "US states overwhelmingly fail to live up to key standards" on "the issues of child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor, and juvenile justice."

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

Mother disapproved of all forms of corporal punishment.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey