‘Self-slap’ teacher asked to apologize
The education department in Guang’an city has ordered a teacher to apologize to seven students and their parents after she forced the students to kneel in the classroom and slap themselves in the face for failing to complete their English homework on time. Huang Xinghua, 50, a teacher at Daishi Junior High School in the city’s Qianfeng district, admitted that her actions were wrong and promised not to administer corporal punishments to her students. The Qianfeng district education department conducted an investigation into the incident before ordering her to apologize.