[Christien]

While I agree kids do need to earn respect, there's no excuse for taping a kid's mouth shut and locking them in a dark closet. That's abuse, and it's illegal, now and in the past. Period. Even a generation ago teachers were fired for less than that. Kids that are treated like that grow up to be mega-authoritarian, sometimes abusive towards their own kids, maybe even customs agents.

Good teachers know how to get kids to respect them and also how to deal with troublemakers without getting emotionally involved and losing their cool.