Corporal punishment as a last resort is to be my rule . '' Gilbert , having tried to please both sides , succeeded , as is usual and eminently right , in pleasing neither . Jane tossed her head . `` I 'll whip my pupils when they 're naughty . It 's the shortest and easiest way of convincing them . '' Anne gave Gilbert a disappointed glance . `` I shall never whip a child , '' she repeated firmly . `` I feel sure it is n't either right or necessary . '' `` Suppose a boy sauced you back when you told him to do something ? '' said Jane . `` I 'd keep him in after school and talk kindly and firmly to him , '' said Anne . `` There is some good in every person if you can find it . It is a teacher 's duty to find and develop it . That is what our School Management professor at Queen 's told us , you know . Do you suppose you could find any good in a child by whipping him ? It 's far more important to influence the children aright than it is even to teach them the three R 's , Professor Rennie says . '' `` But the Inspector examines them in the three R 's , mind you , and he wo n't give you a good report if they do n't come up to his standard , '' protested Jane . `` I 'd rather have my pupils love me and look back to me in after years as a real helper than be on the roll of honor , '' asserted Anne decidedly . `` Would n't you punish children at all , when they misbehaved ? '' asked Gilbert .
`` Oh , yes , I suppose I shall have to , although I know I 'll hate XXXXX do it .
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