There was certainly an era where schools beat children regularly. I wouldn’t call that era particularly golden though…

That depends how you define punishment. But, 30-40 years ago it was common to be sent to the principal's office for all kinds of things, including disrupting the classroom, hitting other kids, etc. Sometimes kids just got a stern talking-to, sometimes their parents were called, sometimes they were suspended, for serious issues they were expelled.

It was hardly a "golden era", but it was one where rules were enforced and kids who disrupted the ability of others to pay attention and try to learn weren't tolerated.

I got yelled at by my principal for being late. When I was in elementary school and my mom drove me and she was late getting me there. So there's that. Cuz somehow by being ready earlier would have made my mom ready earlier?

I also got in trouble after I shoved my friend for literally kicking my schoolbook around after my smug-ass incompetent teacher threw me under the bus and got me an in school suspension (which was an absolute joke; I sat in a comfy office chair in the front office all day and got to say hi to everyone that came by)

I mean, I could keep going on about how I was punished but was never a perpetrator of harm