A personal note on physical punishment: In school in the Denmark of my time, bad behavior was routinely punished with a notable smack. My own punishment came when I told the music teacher leading the school orchestra that I found the whole thing very boring. He smacked me, hard, and threw me out of both class and orchestra. I left feeling...relieved. It closed the affair completely, and I had nothing to mull over (I was also glad to be out).
Great interview pulling a lot of things together!
A personal note on physical punishment: In school in the Denmark of my time, bad behavior was routinely punished with a notable smack. My own punishment came when I told the music teacher leading the school orchestra that I found the whole thing very boring. He smacked me, hard, and threw me out of both class and orchestra. I left feeling...relieved. It closed the affair completely, and I had nothing to mull over (I was also glad to be out).