Writing lines

Writing lines is a form of punishment handed out to misbehaving students by people in a position of authority at schools.

Writing lines involves copying a sentence on to a piece of standard paper or a chalkboard as many times as the punishment-giver deems necessary.

The actual sentence to be copied varies but usually bears some relation to the reason the lines are being given in the first place, e.g., "I must not misbehave in class".

[5] In 2019, a third-year secondary school student in Harbin, China, purchased a robot which automates handwriting for CN¥ 800 in order to complete a homework assignment which involved writing lines.

Once he gets the grammar right, he is ordered to write the (correct) sentence ("Romani ite domum") all over the building for the rest of the night, resulting in his future "fame" when his graffiti is discovered by the population.