Yes, but as they did not document all 30,000 allegations in the article, I'm curious of they only had a few that were really bad and the rest might just be stuff like I mentioned, or if all 30,000 were really abuse.
Probably somewhere in between what you are suggesting and what the article is implying, but either way, just doing what was described once and causing that much trauma to a person once is enough to warrant execution.
I've no issue at all with teachers carrying out corporal punishment.
You will get theoretical agreement from me, but not practical agreement, for a couple of reasons.
First of all, teachers SUCK at punishing people. They have no idea how to do it. Frequently, they punish the entire class for the offenses of a certain group of people, and frequently they punish the wrong people. This is just from personal experience.
Second of all, its not the teachers job to be a disciplinarian. The teacher should inflict as much punishment, and only as much punishment, as is needed to maintain order. And since the child doesn't belong to the teacher, first of all, if the parent is opposed to corporal punishment, why should the teacher be allowed to go against their wishes? I favor it, but a lot of people oppose it, so they should have the choice not to have that kind of discipline inflicted on their child. Second of all, its unnecessary. A parent's job is to discipline, so corporal punishment is useful, a teacher's job is merely to keep order.
Third of all, its implication creates problems. With a parent, its fine for various reasons, but primarily because the parent, assuming they are fit to have a child at all, is not going to abuse his authority. It would be more likely for a teacher to do so.