Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Gender: M
Approximate year of punishment: 1975
Crime committed or alleged: getting out of my chair while the teacher was out of the classroom and throwing a rolled up piece of paper at my friend.
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: English master
Gender of staff member: Male
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): English teachers staffroom
Type of punishment: Cane
Number of strokes: 4 strokes (sentenced to four strokes initially and I received one extra for jumping up on the third stroke).
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Buttocks.
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over and touching toes
State of dress : school uniform, short trousers and knee socks with blazer raised.
Privacy: Caned with my teacher present in the room.
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No
Do you consider the punishment effective?: yes very effective
Any other relevant info:
My English teacher accompanied me to see the English master and was present in the room during my punishment. She was a new schoolmistress and from the look on her face when I retrieved the cane from the English Master’s desk and presented it to him, I could tell that she had not expected me to be caned. My caning was the one of the most painful I had received outside of the canings I received from the Headmaster as the English Master was known for giving very painful canings (I had two welts on my buttocks). I think she felt a little sorry for me and gave me permission to visit the toilets to wash my face on our way back to class as I was fighting back tears. She ended up being a great teacher and I earned by highest marks for English under her teaching than the other English schoolmasters and schoolmistresses I had during my schooling.
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Nathan
Nov 22, 2010#142
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
About You:
Gender: M
Approximate age when punished: 15
Approximate year of punishment: 1978
Crime committed or alleged: cheating on a history test
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmaster
Gender of staff member: M
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over touching toes
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Over school short trousers
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): With my history teacher Miss Childs present in the study
About the school
Name of School: Macarthur (christian private school)
Country: Australia
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
No
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
No as I was innocent of the offence and the punishment made me resentful of both the Headmaster and my teacher. I had scored over 90 for the history test and that was the highest mark, the rest of the class had all failed the test and Miss Childs accused me of cheating in class. I argued with her and she insisted that I had cheated and that I had also been insolent to her and I had to accompany her to the Headmaster’s office at the end of the day.
A week later she asked me a question in class and I answered it and she said that I had been rude and I had to accompany her to the see the Headmaster again. My headmaster sided with Miss Childs and she requested that I be caned. The Headmaster agreed and me six strokes of the cane and Miss Childs was permitted to punish me in addition to the caning. My punishment from Miss Childs was two weeks of lunch time detention in her classroom where I had to write 150 lines each day during my detention. The only upside was that I got a lot of sympathy from my classmates and the girls one of whom ended up being my wife.
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Nov 22, 2010#143
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hi Nathan,
Thanks for the detail
Just an example of the inadequacy of many teachers. It appears she was just being purely vindictive, and in a Christian school to boot.The Head appeared to know nothing about his staff , and obviously made no enquiries either about the incident , you , or your previous record.He just followed procedure without thinking. Both were a disgrace to their profession and religion.
I empathise over the cheating allegation. I wrote up a similar piece from my school days. Luckily I got a class transfer.
http://www.network54.com/Forum/198833/m … nec-dotage
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Nov 22, 2010#144
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 14
Approximate year of punishment: 1975
Crime committed or alleged: Skipping class as dare
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over stool
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Over knickers, skirt pinned up
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): In private but with friend who skipped class with me
About the school
Name of School: –
Town: – In Yorkshire
Country: UK
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes!
Any other relevant info:
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Alan
Nov 23, 2010#145
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Carol, would you care to enlarge on your survey contribution? Some detail would be great.
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Nov 23, 2010#146
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hi Carol_55
I don’t believe you’ve posted here before so Welcome to the Forum!
Six strokes of the cane sounds very harsh for skipping class. I only got three strokes (across my hand) for a day’s truancy, in 1968 when I was 12, and three strokes through my skirt, in 1972 when I was 16, for skipping a PE class and leaving school without permission.
CP was used a lot at my co-educational school but possibly not as severely as at yours – judging by what you got for skipping a class.
I’d like to ask a few more questions if you don’t mind. Was that your first offence or were you a regular visitor to the Headmistress? Also, what type of school was it – girls’/mixed; day/boarding? Was CP used frequently or only rarely and do you think it was used fairly.
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Nov 23, 2010#147
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Thanks Carol, we don’t get a huge number of genuine female experiences posted here, obviously they breed ’em tough in Yorkshire!
My wife went to a girls’ grammar school in Huddersfield at around the same time, and the school did retain the cane but its usage was EXTREMELY rare, when every other sanction had been tried and failed! She only knew of one girl in her class who’d ever received it.
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stefan
Nov 23, 2010#148
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
I Well remember getting corporal punishment at my school, frequently used on Boys, also known it to be used on GIRLS.
The TAWSE used on the Hands in the cross over position, in my third year at my S M school, 13 at the time got 3 on each hand with 5 other boys, administerd in front of class by the deputy head, the incident was unrully behaviour when the teacher was out of the class dealing with another distruptive boy, 6 girls were also involved and were punished in the headmistress study.
i think the punishment was just, as if i did not get it in school it would have been the CANE at home waiting for me.
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Nathan
Nov 23, 2010#149
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
About You:
Gender: M
Approximate age when punished: 11
Approximate year of punishment: 1973
Crime committed or alleged: leaving school grounds without permission to retrieve a ball
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Teacher
Gender of staff member: M
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Classroom
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 4
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over chair
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Underpants
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): with a girl present in the classroom standing beside the blackboard.
About the school :
Name of School: Macarthur (christian private school)
Effectiveness:
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes
Any other relevant info:
I was caught out of school grounds when I went to retrieve a ball that had been hit out of school grounds during a cricket game at lunchtime. One of the teachers on duty caught me despite my best efforts to avoid being seen and she sent me to Mr Nicholls with a note. I didnt know much about him other than that he was one of the teachers in the primary area of the school who was permitted to administer the cane. When I arrived the classroom door was closed but heard a feint cane swish and a cry of pain and after I heard another three swishes, afterwards one of the teachers who had been on duty came out. I knocked and was summoned in, I could see Mr Nicholls holding the cane and a chair and there was a girl standing beside the blackboard sobbing with her hands on her head and the hem of her skirt tucked into the waistband. Mr Nicholls looked at the note and said that what I had done was serious and that I could have been hurt. Mr Nicholls flexed his cane and ordered tobend over the chair and lower my shorts. I shut my eyes and got the first stroke and I was surprised that it was not as hard as I thought it was going to be, it still stung but I had been caned by the headmistress earlier that year and it had hurt terribly. After my four strokes my bottom was stinging but not as much as I thought it was going to sting and I was wincing but I did not have the urge to cry. Mr Nicholls said that he hoped that I had learnt my lesson. I had to stand on the opposite side of the blackboard to the girl and I was threatened with an additional caning for looking at the girl. Mr Nicholls gave what I called warning canings where he caned you but didnt cane you as hard as he could have in the hope that you would learn from your experience and know there was a fair more unpleasant experience if you continued to misbehave. I think Mr Nicholls had a genuine affection for us and I was lucky enough to have him as my teacher the following year.
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marc
Nov 28, 2010#150
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
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Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Gender: M
Approximate age when punished: 12-16
Approximate year of punishment: 72-75
Crime committed or alleged: skiving mostly
Administered by Head, or Staff member: staff
Gender of staff member: all m
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): empty class room
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): allways cane
Number of strokes: 4 4 8 8 8 8
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): always bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): bend right over deak
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): pe kit only
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): all provate one other staff; except one time 4 of us together same caning