I doubt that there are many of us out there who have not been tempted, and sometimes given into the temptation, to use punishment as a classroom management tool at times.

I’ve been guilty of it before and I’ll be guilty of it again, I’m sure.

Whenever any of us feel that temptation, though, we might want to remember today’s Pickles comic strip.

It shows what happens next — maybe not as quickly as in the comic, but eventually….