It was a very rural area, and she’d missed the school bus, which was normally her only way of getting to school. Immediately she got in the car she told me, without any prompting or questions on my part, that she’d get belted if we didn’t get there on time. I was quite shocked. At that time I hadn’t got a clue what ‘belting’ would entail, and I didn’t ask, but whatever it was it sounded rather harsh for missing a bus! I doubt very much that if I’d been giving a lift to a girl in England under similar circumstances she’d have told me that she’d be slippered if we didn’t get there in time. This wouldn’t be because she was reticent about it, but because in England she wouldn’t have been punished so severely.
Corporal Punishment in Mixed Secondary Modern21
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After the Cane Mutiny25
There should be alternatives. If a child feels unable to face the cane, they must have an alternative available....
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The Rules of Corporal Punishment 1
Corporal punishment was banned in Victorian government and Catholic schools in 1985, but it was only seven years ago...
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Teachers given cane go-ahead at Christian College3
The school, which has 600 students in Prep to Year 12, gave the paddle 10 times last year and...
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments18
The only thing that surprises me is what you say about the birch. I have read accounts of birchings...
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The Cane and the Double Standard1
Some of you may think that my interjection in this debate may be somewhat overstated, however I am not...
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Memories of Corporal Punishment6
I think my interest started sometime after my own spankings stopped – I was 12 the last time I...
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Mild Smacking Allowed16
Children are children and they will inevitably get involved in some mischief or another at varying degrees of seriousness....
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The Cane in UK Schools56
It was also said unofficially by Goddard’s valet that as Goddard was passing the death penalty he was so...