Pain is a very personal experience. We can’t describe any sensation in purely objective terms nor do we have...
Corporal Punishment is clearly an unnecessary and avoidable pain IF … behaving in a certain way with the foreknowledge...
Once, when I was about 9, I was rough-housing with a group of children in the schoolyard. Whilst...
Of course, you are correct about the “rite of passage”. In fact this is just one of many factors...
On the contrary, withstanding the pain of Corporal Punishment was often seen as a challenge. Many children saw getting...
School Corporal Punishment is purported to serve seven main purposes. The first purpose, and arguably the most important, is...
The original spelling dating from the 1500’s was “taws”, sometimes corrupted as “tawis”. The modern day spelling of “tawse”...
However, there is another word taws ( again this spell checker doesn’t like that one )which is related...
The word ‘tawse’ for ‘a split leather strap designed for the chastisement of children ‘ does appear in the...