A more flexible model of punishment allowed for the possibility that he who is punished might learn. Thus...
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In the 1920s Edmunds taught writing to the Junior School with ‘a bunch of keys with which he...
A long ruler whacked down hard on a desk, and a manner that brooked no weakness, set the tone...
“Punishment for failing to learn a lesson has several intensities and purposes. It can be done as an example....
Thirdly, I know there’s at least one Scotchie on the list – so I thought he might be...
I saw boys from a lot of schools – but of those in my daily experience, only those...
Scotch College, Melbourne. I should say straight away that this particular school has had a number of histories written...
Boy Prefects: “They were exempt from corporal punishment. They entered the Study Hall last (after ‘interviewing offenders in line’)....
The less stoic might bury their stinging fingers under their arms and bend silently over them. Those who clenched...
All punishment was public. Even if a boy was strapped behind closed doors, in an institution with private corners...