Other correspondents, of course, took up decidedly different viewpoints, and many even anticipated the verdict subsequently passed on Wildman by the Magistrates of his country. Not that this in any way impeded his zeal: papers in the various parts of England and Wales were printed from his pen, an occasional letter, and always on one invariable theme.
Chastisement Across the Ages12
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go8
When I was about twenty years old, I met an old pastor’s wife who told me that when she...
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Three of the Best7
The book “Corporal Punishment of Schoolgirls” is not a definative survey. It is more a collection of snippets of...
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Corporal Punisment Memories School31
On a small handful of occasions, I handed out canings of comparable severity to the worst I’d experienced at...
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Institution Matron Who Turned Refractory Maids Over Her Knee in the 1905s 2
“The disciplinarian who knows nothing of tho’ duties appertaining to his Attlee, nothing of the psychology, penology, and Guinan...
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Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days5
The problem with the administration of CP now becomes the number of monitors who need to monitor the...
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Punished for Bad School Report 1
I was punished at home for getting bad reports – my mother wasn’t worried about my actual academic marks,...
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The Cane or Anarchy4
The problem with Peter Harvey was who in hell’s name let the bloke return to work when he...
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The Cane in UK Schools57
the trait of abuse of power is something we frequently see in our society. Another Lurker recognizes it in...