Following Tenzin Norsang’s article titled “The Stick Must Stop: Ending Corporal Punishment in Our Tibetan Schools” (tibetanreview.net, Apr 11, 2026), Tenzing Rapgyal* explains how he has effectively dealt with errant students in a situation where corporal punishment is banned, concluding it, however, with a reality check.
The class of 2023 in real life in the peaceful foothills of the Himalayas was not like The Class of 1999 in reel -life in the violent world of Hollywood cinema. But the students of 12thstandard in 2023 became notorious for being the most difficult batch to deal with. Was the evidence of perception empirical in nature?
