One of the reasons that corporal punishment is seldom used against students at senior and vocational high schools is that many of them are taller than their teachers, and might hit back.
為什麼高中高職生被體罰的比例較國中國小少很多，其中一個原因就是，不少高中生站起來的個頭已經比老師高，若對他們動手，難保學生不會反抗。