This is not really my area of expertise. Although I did briefly train as a teacher in my youth I have never worked in a school. However, I would imagine that following a paper sift of applications he was invited to attend a selection panel along with at least a couple of other applicants. After an interview or interviews, possibly an exercise of some sort, and usually some social interaction such as a meal, designed to check that applicants were more or less normal and not raving mad, he presumably emerged as the person best fitting the required profile and was offered and accepted the post.
Should unlawful incidents of school CP be taken to the Courts32
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A Trip to the Head18
I’d expected a lecture, perhaps, but not… this, whatever this was. “Ma’am?” “Shhhh,” she whispered, placing a slender finger...
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Whole Class Punisment98
The canes were made from rattan with the nodules and tips carefully cut and sanded. Crook handles were formed...
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The Ritual of Discipline Part 6 The Room Preparation
Having firmly locked the door, mother would turn and sternly stare at me, looking for even a trace of...
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Aunty’s Discipline for Swearing4
The sofa arm and the chair arm were together and, draped over the arms, your bottom would be...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster27
As you say it was a private boarding school, I wonder if it was the Duke of Kent School.If...
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Old School Thoughts on Discipline8
However, here there was little evidence of CP going on. I certainly witnessed none, though I did hear of...
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Edwardian Prep School Canings31
The headmaster’s punishments were dreaded. He did not use a cane, but a rod consisting of four thin, flexible...
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Paddles & Other Impliments 6
My actually favorite paddling instrument at home in the USA was (is?) the hairbrush. Any hairbrush with a flat...