Beat the students Raaaaaaaaaaaaaar!

So they say step one is admitting you have a problem so here I go.
I'm sorry that I haven't typed anything on my blog. Perhaps now that I've admitted a problem things will improve.
But wait..I still have a problem unrelated to blogging. Today at school a teacher who we will call Teacher Fish Sauce (name changed) got angry with his/her students because the plants outside their class had not been watered. So instead of asking students to water the plants, he/she simply beat everyone in the class 2 times with a heavy, wooden, bamboo rod. While I understand that students sometimes need to be disciplined I have to express my opinion in this matter. That's some fucked up shit. This exact same teacher was seen beating the entire class 12 minutes into my own class making extremely difficult for me to get through everything I needed to cover- not just because of time, but also because the kids were visibly upset by what had happened. I guess part of the reason that I have so much trouble with this classroom management strategy (if you can call it that..I can't) is that in my 7 years of teaching in some of the toughest neighborhoods in America I never once had to punish the entire class- meaning not once in that time was it clearly visible that EVERY single student had broken a rule. And if that was the case in Oakland CA where my classroom would smell like pot smoking every morning when I arrived at work, then it must be even more true in Thailand where students are taught pre-utero to respect their teachers. I just don't see the logic in beating everybody in a class over some dry plants. How is that a good use of teaching time. Now everyone in class is more likely going to kill the plant from overwatering. Wouldn't it make more sense to put a group of students from the class in charge and then have them rotate throughout the school year, ensuring that each student was eventually in charge of that particular task. And does it really take someone with a masters degree in education to ask these questions? Not all of the teachers at school beat students ALL the time but this teacher is completely out of control and it needs to be stopped. Unfortunately as it is condoned by my boss I do not know exactly what role I can play in ensuring that the amount of beatings do in fact stop. Perhaps letting blog readers know will hep raise awareness. I hope so.