Too Scared To Fail !!!!

Today my son brought home all his schoolwork from last week, which he does every Tuesday. In this pile of schoolwork he all the test he had took last week and his homework, all the grades were good except one. The grade that was not so well was a Social Studies test that he took and got a 45/F on it. I was disappointed and mad at him, because we had went over the material three times before he took the test and thought I he had, but I guess he didn't. So that means we have to study a little harder and that's cool. But I am not writing about that, what I am writing about is what he did before I even looked at the test. He told me to hold on and he ran to his room to get his belt, so he could give it to me inorder for me to whip him for making a bad grade. I just looked at him and took the belt and put it away. I told him that I was not Joe Jackson and that I would never beat or whip him for making a bad grade. And do you what he told me, he said that other parents whip their kids for making bad grades in school. I had to tell him that I was not other parents and that I would never do that to him. I was just wondering if other parents out there whip or beat their child for not making good grades in school. And if they understand the damage that they are causing their kids. I don't believe in whipping my child and especially for not passing a test. I don't ever what him to think that he has to do well in school for me to love him and that if he doesn't then I want care for him and that he makes me so mad that I have to whip him. I tell him to try his best on every test he takes and that if he fail, then that means we have to study harder to remember the material so that he will get right on the test. I hope parents understand that school is hard enough without dealing with the fear of getting whipped or beaten because of making bad grades on a test or a report card.