Victoria, I don't know where did you hear about this. (dt)I am a teacher in New York City public school. We have a law that if any teacher even accidently scrach the child, she or he needs to write a report what is happened and why. I never heard that the teachers in New York City aloud to hit the children. They will loose their jobs. And I believe this rule is not only for New York City but for most of the United States.

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