His vigorous, unrestrained crying helped purge all anxieties and fears, anger and rebellion. In its wake came an inner peace and tranquility which was particularly strong during the hug of reconciliation and in the warm afterglow of the rest of the day. All that was familiar to enough when his mother or Mrs. Wilkins punished him. But with Belinda, the whole experience took on a new and different quality. On the one hand, her youth made her seem much more accessible and understanding, much closer to them than their mothers were. At the same time, she was a mature woman whose youth made her tremendously desirable in the way the older women were not. And her emotional accessibility made her even more enticing.
Mrs Wilkins66
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BBC1 Bring Back the Cane2
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Whole Class Punisment38
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Chastisement Across the Ages14
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Receiving Corporal Punishment as an Adult out of Curiosity44
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School Punishment Book42
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Which Rooms were used for Caning2
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School Belt43
NINETEENTH-CENTURY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE The 19th-century reality regarding corporal punishment in schools must be considered to place the Brother’s approach...
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School Corporal Punishment History98
Mr A.H. MacRoberts, Vice-Principal: “It was fortunate that Mr. A.H. MacRoberts, another “Morrison man”, had returned from military service...