“Where are they, Mom? Huh? What are they doing, Mom? Huh? I bet they’re in trouble, aren’t they, Mom? Huh??” Finally, in exasperation Mom sent me upstairs. “You just go upstairs and mind your own business, Miss Nosey. If anything has happened that you need to know about, I will tell you.” From my window I saw Dad’s truck return without any sisters. I scampered to the top of the stairs to hear what was going on, but I could not make anything out of the quiet voices in the kitchen. Shortly thereafter two bicycles came flying up the lane, bearing two crying ladies. I learned a little later that Dad had checked the carnival grounds, but had found neither of his daughters. A quick trip around town had located the two bicycles and their operators at Alison Winter’s house. In typical Daddy form he had not loaded the girls and bicycles into his truck, but had instead ordered them to get themselves home IMMEDIATELY.
Disciplined on Carnival Day6
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Intensive care
“I’ll swing for that one, Alice, honest I will!” Alice didn’t need to ask her colleague to which one...
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Corporal Punishment References from Buy Gone Days19
Do I feel ashamed? Yes, a little. After all, school corporal punishment was supposed to be for the long...
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Reminscences of a not-so-wild colonial boy2
At primary school we were strapped on the outstretched hands. That, it seemed to me, required true discipline –...
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Grammar school oddity1
This is a tale of my first year at grammar school, and our geography teacher, Mr M. In those...
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Frequent offenders3
I can only recall about ten expulsions in that time, and nine of those were straight out after many...
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School Punishment Book125
The table bottom right shows a clear trend: as boys were older, they were afforded progressively higher strokes per...
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How many strokes 9
A boy I knew at Grammar School did once tell me how he was given two sixes in the...
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School CP’s Little Secret48
In some schools, perhaps many schools, that is true. But it doesn’t have to be – that’s my point....