The punishments were most definitely excessive in some institutions. There is too much extant material to doubt this. From...
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Parents of the Edwardian era did not see things in the same light as we do. Most fathers of...
It should be remembered, however, that small boys of that era expected to be sent away to school at...
Worsthorne describes his headmaster as not believing in corporal punishment, which didn’t stop him from whacking the boys. He...
It is quite certain that a measure of cruelty characterized the school, as indeed it probably did in very...
Orwell does not have too many nice things to say about the school, and he makes a meal of...
Eric Blair, or George Orwell as he is better known by his pen name, mentions being caned for bed-wetting...
People messed about in the strict ones despite the cane threat and were well-behaved in the soft ones. It...
In my day we walked to school along country lanes for 2 miles snow wind or hail. We never...
If you complain say that their precious little darlings have been chucking half bricks at people in the park...