My friend Jackie , when first appointed principal in the 70’s used up to ten swats. Why? Well simply because in her youth in the 50’s ,her worst paddling , for skipping school to attend a country music competition , was ten licks, therefore as she had received it she felt she was giving to others nothing she hadn’t herself had to suffer. Why ten and rarely six? Don’t know . Her school board in those ‘rough’ old days allowed a teacher to give up to five outside the classroom and a Principal a maximum of 12 .
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Whole Class Punisment10
We were in the first year Now called Year Seven of school and again we were age about twelve,...
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The First Time I Saw a Cane1
It was as a six-year-old in 1958 at Denbigh Road Infants’ School in Luton. The wielder was the rather...
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Georgina of the Fifth24
Though she did her best both for home and hamlet, Beatrice often chafed against the narrowness of her limits....
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Corporal Punishment References from Buy Gone Days10
Others are less certain as to why they feel they way they do. I am, without any doubt, in...
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Canings That Went Wrong1
I have already related the case of an incident at junior school where the teacher was about to cane...
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In the shadow of the Cane3
Finally, towards the end of our meal, her daughter asked if she could have ice cream. My friend...
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Mrs Hargreaves Bed and Breakfast 1
After several years of resolutely refusing to spend any money on a holiday, I had finally decided to do...
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Origin and Reason for using the Cane6
They were inclined to break easily and often lacerated the skin. For those unfamiliar with the rattan cane, a...