The punishment used for small children was a regulated system of smacks with the discipline wand:
a thin, flexible weapon that stung painfully when it was wielded.
The Childcare specialists were trained very carefully in the discipline methods:
a quick smack across the hands for a bit of minor misbehavior; three sharper smacks on the bare legs for a second offense.
Poor Asher, who always talked too fast and mixed up words, even as a toddler.
As a Three, eager for his juice and crackers at snacktime,
he one day said “smack” instead of “snack” as he stood waiting in line for the morning treat.
Jonas remembered it clearly. He could still see little Asher, wiggling with impatience in the line.
He remembered the cheerful voice call out, “I want my smack!” The other Threes, including Jonas, had laughed nervously.
“Snack!” they corrected. “You meant snack, Asher!” But the mistake had been made.
And precision of language was one of the most important tasks of small children.
Asher had asked for a smack. The discipline wand, in the hand of the Childcare worker, whistled as it came down across Asher’s hands.
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