Tough with the Kids?

I still remember this teacher of mine when I was in P6 - Mrs Lee

I was in the last class back then ~ 6D so in terms of the current standard you can say that I was from an EM3 class.. Hahaha.. It's true
She was very strict with us and most of us were very scared of her.. She made discipline one of her top priority for the class.
These were the things that would made our books either fly out of the window (1 time for me) or being torn to pieces (none):
(1) Shoddy Work
(2) Untidy Handwriting
(3) Incomplete Work

Our classroom was one of the cleanest around cause if it's dirty we were made to clean the classroom during lesson time and scrub it clean.. Therefore every week, the group in-charge will come to skool at around 630 to clean it up..
If there's homework, we would gathered at our favourite bench at 640-645 to make sure that we had completed it and do it well..
And we have a very pecular classroom sitting arrangement.. Every other week we are not sitting at that same particular spot... It's hard in fact to keep track where I should sit every week but somehow just survived the year lah.. In fact all of us.. Hahaha

I just wanna say that it was in P6 that shape my life the way I am.. It's because of her very strict regimen, I have one of the neatest handwriting around. In fact all of my classmates from that particular P6D have lovely handwriting thks in no part to one particular teacher Mrs Lee..

But I guess this method would not work anymore in the current context. Imagine if these were to happen now.. Can't imagine the consequences....
Kids nowadays... Too protective?