Child is 9, was reading when they should not have been in the classroom, told to take the book (which has a soft cover, like a small version of tintin, say) to the shelf, child obeyed but read while wandering over there, teacher lost her shit, walked up to him, grabbed the book, wacked child over the head twice and then told him to sit down. This is not in the UK, teachers hitting children is against the law though does sometimes happen, but not at this school. I am having difficulty processing it. Otherwise a really great school, nice teacher, rarely shouts let alone hits... there has been a lot of aggression in the playground the last few days too, which is unusual.