The teacher would go in front of a student's desk or call out his name t o signify that it was his turn to read. If he was tongue-tied or tripped up three times while reading, he would be beaten, and would have to kneel in front of the statue of Confucius and do his best to remember until the teacher deemed his performance acceptable and told him to start on a new lesson.
老師對學生一一唱名，到他的書桌前抽背，如果學生三次抽背都結結巴巴，或是張口難言，就要受體罰，還要跪在至聖先師神位前默誦，等到過關了老師再圈點新課。