Negative incentives, punishment, such as not going home until you got something right; being made to sit on the floor until you worked hard enough to merit to get back on the chair; being made to slash or sweep the school yard and, in extreme cases, being flogged or skamboked were a favourite means of forcing students to do well
Zolimbikitsa zoipa, chibalo, monga kusapita kunyumba pokhapokha ukhoze; kukhazikitsidwa pansi mpaka kufukila pamene walimbikira kwambiri kuti udzipezele malo pa mpando; kutchetcha kapena kusesa malo asukulu komanso, zikavuta kwambiri, kukwapulidwa ndi zinali njira zina zogwiritsidwa ntchito kupangitsa kuti wophunzira azipanga bwino