In Sweden, no-one is allowed to spank children – but I got spanked once. It was in the 2nd year class and I had been teasing a boy for some days. So on Thursday afternoon, when school was over, my female teacher grabbed my arm. “You’d better come back inside,” she said, “I want to talk to you.”
I did as she said and she walked me up to her desk. She sat on the chair and started: “I know that you have been teasing Mikael for some days now. I’m not going to let it continue. I’m going to do something about it right now.”