Just read in the "Economist" that 19 US states still allow teachers to spank kids in school with a wooden tool.
Green = Corporal punishment prohibited in both schools and the home
Blue = Corporal punishment prohibited in schools only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_corporal_punishment...
For me:
No (normal), but I remember that in middle-school a teacher once threw his bunch of keys pretty violently towards a student who talked with his seat neighbour, missing his head by only a few inches. Was a big issue back then.