For me, the fear and threat of the strap would have detracted from all of those good things and ultimately, the experience could have been nothing but bad. I will always believe that a family (including the kind of family one finds in the school setting) to be dysfunctional when fear of bodily harm controls the behavior of those in the family. The possibility of being excessively strapped at school by a powerful Master at his whim for any reason, to me is no different than being strapped at home by an alcoholic dad who is likely to strike unexpectently with little provocation. In dysfunctional families there also can be many good things in the periphery but they are all tainted by the dynsfunction that is at the center. Families ruled by fear and threat of pain in my mind are definitely dysfunctional.
Punished for Bad School Report3
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More Friends Reunited CP References12
Mrs Duffy was my favorite teacher – I was spanked several times by her exposing my big blue knickers...
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The Use of the Tawse7
In my secondary school in southern England in the sixties the STRAP, also known as the TAWSE was used,...
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Exercise Shower then Slippered7
There were certainly no bare bottomed slipperings at the schools I attended. You did get boys showing off the...
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Irish & British Corporal Punishment Experiences Compared11
”Biffer”, would have been a Dublin expression, I think. We always referred to it as the ”leather”, or sometimes...
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Institution Matron Who Turned Refractory Maids Over Her Knee in the 1905s 4
In Michigan, however, h» says one of the matrons occasionally turns a refractory girl over her knee and applies...
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Chastisement Across the Ages13
It would seem that his fame as a self-styled “apostle” was growing; he was even invited to lecture. Always...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster12
It is rather ludicrous to start a pupils school day by caning their bare bottom so that they are...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster11
This did set a precedent for the rest of the war, but did stop a lot of minor complaints....