Corporal Punishment

It is very common for teachers here to do corporal punishments. Most teachers carry a paddle or bamboo stick. I've heard of other teachers at different schools carrying around wire sticks with a frayed end. Some of the punishments I've seen at my school are:

~50 squats
~Making students stand with their hands up in the air for an extended period in the cafeteria
~Cleaning of the classroom
~Whacks on the back of the head
~Students sitting outside in the hall on their knees for a class period.
~Students getting their cheeks pinched and butts kicked simultaneously.

I know that this list will continue to grow over the next year. My friend Brian has an all boys middle school where he is encouraged to punish the kids. Some of the punishments he has seen are:

~Hitting kids on the head with a closed fist
~Students standing in the corner
~Students being hit anywhere with a wire swatch
~Students doing lunges/pushups/squats/calf raises etc.

Sometimes after the bell rings and class is supposed to start, some of my students are still missing. It happened today. So I asked where the rest of the class was. They mimicked getting hit by the teachers. I was like, "oh." I have a friend that works in a Hagwon (private school) and the other day she asked her students if they had ever been hit by a teacher. Almost every student raised their hands. They also mentioned that when you are hit by a teacher for the first time, then boys and girls are equal. When we are hanging out as a group, we talk about these sorts of punishments and all the things we see. I know I'm missing some of the punishments, but I will add to the list as I come across more kinds of punishments.