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Yes, and actually Soviet/Russian education system has it roots in classic German one where Spießrutenlaufen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_the_gauntlet
by c-smile 7y ago
Yes, and actually Soviet/Russian education system has it roots in classic German one where Spießrutenlaufen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_the_gauntlet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_the_gauntlet) was a great educational tool (see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birching#/media/File:Koerperstrafe-_MA_Birkenrute.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birching#/media/File:Koerperst...).
- guerrilla 7y agoCombined with the parent comment, I think that makes it a perverse incentive here, depending on who is setting yhe standards.
- azmodeus 7y agoRather than straw man the Prussian system you could iron man it. Corporal punishment was common when the Prussian system was founded (1800s) across the world. The system provided free education for the lowest rungs of society for the first time in Europe, that's a mighty achievement! Pedagogically it is a hierarchical system with a strong focus on authority. It doesn't encourage questioning authority outside of the sciences which is a feature for the authoritarian societies deploying this educational model.
- lower 7y agoSpießrutenlaufen was used by the military and was a severe, often fatal punishment. It was certainly not a great educational tool.
- c-smile 7y agoHa! With my University diploma I've also got a rank of Lieutenant-reserve of РВСН (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Missile_Forces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Missile_Forces) so the procedure is metaphorically close :D
- mbeex 7y agoI think, he is confusing the figurative meaning with the real punishment. The former is not un-common in Germany even today. And yes, it has - or had - some relation to a certain concept of pedagogy. Cruel, but at times also positively personality-forming.