a social worker's perspective?

It's friday, I just started teaching my elementary 2nd graders and I am exhausted. It's times like this that I wish I had the privilege the Taiwanese staff has of being able to lightly smack the kids on the hand when they are misbehaving. I really don't have a problem with is because my parents used to do it....obviously I would have a problem if it was painful at all. The fact is, it works. Kids are not intimidated by me at all and it makes my days twice as long. Well...at least I can threaten them with sending them to the Chinese teachers. I guess that year in social work changed me?