I believe and still believe the vital function of caning is to instill good behavior by fear of the consequences, and to that extent, the aim of a caning is to deter not the miscreant, but rather the other girls in the school form making bad choices. Whilst caning was always done in private, sending a girl straight to class, indeed escorting her there with a tear-stained face and in obvious discomfort was a real example and reminder to encourage others to toe the line. My success was that very few girls ever returned for a second dose. Most candidates for caning came oddly from two years, the lower fifth form (year 10) and the lower sixth ( year 12). In both these years, a few girls tried to rebel and kick over the traces. I tried to bring them back into line with our expectations.
Confessions of an Old Teacher4
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No Talking in Class2
This warning certainly had the desired effect of quietening me down. I tried to pay attention to the lesson...
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Corporal Punishment An Abuse of Trust14
I am confident that a boy who managed to bring about the demise of a widely disliked Headmaster would...
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Caning on the Hands12
I came from a primary school where caning is just given even so frequently. I have been caned because...
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A Mixed School 5
In the weeks that followed we caught sight of one or two debaggings being performed in classrooms as...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage86
Because virtually every informed and experienced teacher was aware of the simple reality that the cane worked with a...
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School Slippering in the 50s 2
The others scattered as Julia and I were marched indoors to the office. Iodine was briskly applied...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster7
In those days it was common to see many boys swimming naked in the local lake by my house....
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Public Spanking1
I studied in an Anglican public School in India. The environment was colonial. It was a boys school and...