So if one came across a young lady walking along a corridor in T-shirt and shorts, that usually meant only one thing: she was on her way to the heads study and would soon be bending over to receive a sound caning across the tightened seat of those shorts. On more than one occasion I would follow the (rather miserable) girl and loiter outside the heads door waiting for the tell-tale sound of flexible rattan coming down across white cotton, usually accompanied by a few shrill yelps which got louder as the punishment proceeded. Then, when she emerged, there would be the exciting sight of a tearful girl trying hard to retain her dignity as she walked quickly but stiffly back to the changing rooms, holding or rubbing the seat of her shorts, as I imagined the reddened state of the backside beneath them.
1960s Remniscence2
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Reactions to the Slipper30
So let’s consider what those boys will have seen and heard. It is possible that after the teacher and...
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Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour18
In the matter of fairness versus effectiveness, we need to consider how each affects the other. It can be...
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Over the edge6
“Do I make myself clear?” she repeated, in a menacing tone. Granny always told us that honesty was the...
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Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days7
I note that our cousins in those USA states where CP is used sometimes (frequently?) have a system of...
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Tawsing Stool4
With regard to the quality of hides for tawse manufacture, the canny Scots had already found a solution to...
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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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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage48
This wasn’t necessarily the case in Scotland, which although having a fearsome tradition of belting kids, did so on...
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Disciplined on Carnival Day24
Without even thinking or pretending to be actually using the bathroom for its real purpose I pulled the door...