While some schools still permit questionable disciplinary measures, gone are the days of teachers slapping misbehaving students’ wrists, so when parents of the Chinese Pui Tak Christian school in Chinatown Chicago found out that a boy’s hands had been duct taped together as a punishment, many were outraged.

Pui Tak is a school where the Chinese culture is apparent through the daily curriculum which includes the education of written, spoken and read Mandarin Chinese, standard reading and math courses and the intricate teachings of the Christian Bible.

It is also the location where Harold Irving’s four year old son was found with his hands bound together, according to reports.

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