‘Mrs Mitchell was a small woman, gaining from some cheeky boys the name of ‘Pipsqueak’. Michael Corrigan remembers Miss Mitchell as delightful but reasonably strict. By 1964 she was teaching Grade 3; a dear lady, caring, and a person whom Michael Rush remembers with real affection. “Miss Mitchell was a very small person in stature. I recall one day as a class (which numbered around forty-three) walking to the old chapel situated in Maritima.
School Corporal Punishment History4
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Old School Thoughts on Discipline4
For the next year, I attended a private prep school. Here, CP wasn’t common but it was quite...
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Corporal Punishment Cane or Otherwise2
At school I would always have chosen detention had I been given the option; I was scared of the...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage76
What conclusion would you come to based on those facts alone? None. Suicidal ideation is too complicated to look...
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Mrs Hamilton12
A pause. I waited for my sentence. “If I give you a spanking, James, I do not need to...
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The Headmaster’s Study23
The room had a toilet, hand basin and shower and there were hooks to hang clothing. Wanting to get...
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Two of the Three R’s in 1956 4
Fifty years ago getting slapped as a little kid was all part of the learning experience. The teacher in...
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Devastation Caused by Discipline11
At another time I was eating my lunch. Miss Collin must have decided that I needed force-feeding and...
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Corporal Punishment References142
St John Payne Catholic Comp Chelmsford Lucy Lynham She was the deputy head, I think, and she gave the...