Hi Alison Wright. May I please add my own welcome to that of my esteemed fellow contributor Jenny. A rather unpleasant birthday experience if I may say so, and I hope subsequent birthdays have been more enjoyable! However I guess drinking under-age, and especially introducing the alcohol, was always a fairy heinous crime at most boarding schools.
Hailing from the Midlands myself I’m naturally curious what school this might have been. Plenty of potential candidates, but one with something of a well cultivated reputation for caning as late as 1989 springs to mind. You probably don’t want to say as you didn’t complete the school details, but could it possibly have been this one? If so your account may well be a nail in the coffin lid of an intriguing but elusive rumoured caning practice. If it was a reality I’m sure you’d have been likely candidates for it!
But, as you say mixed boarding rather than mixed boarding/day it probably wasn’t that one anyway!
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Tom G
Jul 04, 2010#62
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Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Jenny, I been reading some of your comments in this forum’s numerous
threads. And enjoyed and agreed with many of them avocating equality in cp and other disipline.
So I believe you will enjoy this.
I visited a friend late last year in New York. We somehow got on the subject of cp in school. He teaches high school Math. His Mother was there and laugh and said ” In the late fifties and sixties, I taught 8 and 9 year olds and both feared and respected me. I used a Hairbrush on all of them when they got out of line, 1 swat for first offence and 2 for the second. Never had any try for 3. Then some idiot school board member came around and told me I could no longer swat boys with the hairbrush. The reason for this being that the hairbrush is a “girlish thing” and me being a woman sing it on a boy could make
him a bit effeminate!!
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Caroline Holte
Jul 06, 2010#63
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Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 16
Approximate year of punishment: 1977
Crime committed or alleged: Fighting.
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: senior mistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Office
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over hands on shins.
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): skirt raised & caned over school knickers.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): private
About the school: co-educational school
Name of School:
Town: Wolverhampton
Country: Wolverhampton
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes as I did not have another fight and it was my first dose of the cane.
Any other relevant info:
Barbara,the girl I had the fight with, had tripped me over while we were playing netball. We were marched by our gym mistress to see our form mistress and we had to wait outside her office with our hands on our heads. I was quite nervous especially as I had struck the girl first after she had tripped me over and our gym mistress had seen me. Our form mistress scolded us and sent the other girl from the office and she produced a cane. I had to bend over and raise my skirt then place my hands on my shins. She announced that I was receiving six strokes of the cane and she lined the cane against my bottom. I remember that the first stroke didn’t hurt but after a second or two I felt a line of stinging pain. I had to bend over and raise my skirt three times because I had rubbed my bottom after some of the strokes. After my punishment I was sent to wait outside the office with my hands on my head while the other girl was caned and I spend the time with my hands plastered to my bum. I was dismayed when I heard that she only received four strokes. In addition to the cane I was punished with a week of detention where I had to write 200 lines. If I did not finish my lines within the alloted detention period I had to finish them at home.
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stephenhutchings
Jul 09, 2010#64
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Gender : Male
Age : 11
Year 1968
Crime : Misbehaving in female teachers lesson
Punishment administered by : Mr Hewitt Housemaster
Location punished : Mr Hewitts classroom
Implement : Cane
Strokes : 3
Applied to : Bottom
Position : Bent over stool
Dress : Over trousers
Privacy : Witnessed by female teacher in whose lesson i misbehaved
School : parr central
Town : St Helens
Never punished for same offence again,definetly made a lasting impression on me
First time i was caned, never known anything so painful tried to hold back tears with female teacher
present but cried after first stroke,had to apologise to her after caning. Marks lasted for
over a week
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Alison Wright
Jul 10, 2010#65
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hello Jenny, and thank you for your kind welcome. You are correct, I certainly don’t see many women here! I’ll try to post when I have time. You ask if I think I was treated fairly at school. I’d say pretty much so. If I was sometimes treated unfairly I don’t really remember any instances when it was anything to do with being female. I’ll post details of the rest of my dreadful school corporal punishment record asap, but not just now as must hurry! You mention your canings. I don’t see them in this thread, are they described anywhere? Interesting to see how our experiences compare. Although a fair number of girls got caned at my school I don’t think it was widespread.
Hello Another Lurker. Well well, that would be telling wouldn’t it! I took a copy of the thread you linked. Very interesting! I might tell more. But then again I might not. Wait for the next time!
That’s clever! When I do preview something has converted my punctuation smiles into little yellow smiles!
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JennyBr
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Jul 12, 2010#66
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hi Tom G
LOL!! I’ve heard some pretty ridiculous things regarding CP and, in particular, cross-gender/sex CP, but that one tops the lot!
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Jul 14, 2010#67
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Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hi Alison Wright
That’s how I feel about my schooldays. I don’t recall ever being punished unfairly but I was let off quite a few times when I didn’t deserve to be. It seems boys suffered much more from unfair discrimination than we did – especially in those sexist schools where girl were exempt from punishment.
Please do. It will be interesting to see how your record compares with mine.
Details of my canings are given in various posts throughout the site. That’s the main reason I haven’t detailed them again here. However, just to keep things neat, I’ve listed my canings and some of my more memorable slipperings below. It was a long time ago so I’ve had to guess at the year and my age at the time but I think it’s fairly accurate.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 9
Approximate year of punishment: 1966
Crime committed or alleged: Persistent misbehaviour in class
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmaster
Gender of staff member: Male
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmasters’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Slipper
Number of strokes: 4
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom.
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over, hands on a chair seat.
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Skirt lifted.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): With the school secretary as witness.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No – not at that school.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes. I really behaved myself in class after that.
Any other relevant info: The usual classroom punishment was a few smacks with a ruler on our hands. Being sent to the Head. was a significant step up. The slipper was used very rarely and, as far as I know, I was the only one in my class to get it.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 12
Approximate year of punishment: 1968
Crime committed or alleged: Truancy
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 3
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Hand
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Standing
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Fully Dressed
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): With 3 other pupils and a teacher as a witness.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No, but I was caned some years later for leaving school without permission.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes. After that caning I was very careful to stay out of serious trouble.
Any other relevant info: Two boys, another girl, and I decided to take the day off and go to a fair. We were seen by a teacher and questioned about our absence the next day. Whilst we were waiting to see the Headmistress, the boys were pretty certain they would be getting the cane. The other girl thought we would be let off for being girls (at least she was trying to convince herself we would.) but, knowing the school policy on equality, I thought we’d be getting the cane too. The boys and I were prepared for it so it didn’t come as too much of a shock when we got it – it just hurt.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 14
Approximate year of punishment: 1970
Crime committed or alleged: Smoking
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 4
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through skirt
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): 4 other pupils, whom I was caught smoking with, and the teacher who caught us.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: Yes – twice
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes. I stopped smoking anywhere near the school but it happended just before the summer holidays. I had several friends who attended schools where, de facto, girls were allowed to smoke so I joined in when I was with them.
Any other relevant info: Three boys, another girl, and I were caught smoking together. We were taken to the Headmistress and, after a lecture on the dangers of smoking, each given four strokes of the cane.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 15
Approximate year of punishment: 1971
Crime committed or alleged: “Inappropriate Behaviour” (Flashing my boobs to some boys)
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Associate Headmaster
Gender of staff member: Male
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmasters’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 4
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through skirt
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): The reporting teacher and 13 other pupils.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes. Although it was very mild, it conveyed the point.
Any other relevant info: As I recall, there were seven other girls and six boys. It started as a friendly argument amongst the boys as to which of the girls had the best boobs and we decided to let them have a closer inspection. During the course of these event, on of the RE teacher chanced upon us. She was the most straight-laced teeacher in the school and probably the World. Compared to her, Mary Whitehouse was an easy going libertarian. To be fair to her, she didn’t embellish what she saw when she described the incident to the Associate Headmaster. The whole incident was one big joke. I’m sure even the Associate Headmaster had trouble keeping a straight face and I think he only caned us because he felt he had to – just to satisfy the teacher that he took the matter seriously. The caning was not severe in the slightest – a “telling off” would probably have been more painful.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 15
Approximate year of punishment: 1971
Crime committed or alleged: Smoking
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Deputy Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Deputy Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my skirt.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): A small, mixed, group of smokers and the teacher who caught us.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: Yes.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Not really, I was very careful (although not careful enough) not to get caught again but I didn’t stop smoking.
Any other relevant info: This was the second time I’d been caught smoking. I really should have learned to be more careful in future.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 15
Approximate year of punishment: 1971
Crime committed or alleged: “Inappropriate Behaviour” (Caught “out of bounds” with my boyfriend)
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my skirt but it was far too short so some of the strokes landed on my knickers/bare flesh.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): With my Boyfriend (who was also caned).
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes.
Any other relevant info: My boyfriend and I, at my suggestion, had gone off together one lunchtime. We were having a good, er, well, never mind, when a teacher appeared – I think she may have seen us go off together.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 15
Approximate year of punishment: 1972
Crime committed or alleged: Running in the corridor (yet again).
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Teacher
Gender of staff member: Male
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): The corridor
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Slipper
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my, very short, skirt.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): In view of a group of first years who happened to be passing at the time.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: Yes.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes.
Any other relevant info: I’d been warned about running in the corridor several time by that particular teacher and it was the second time he’d caught me that day. I was expecting to be taken to a nearby classroom and slippered bu, by chance, a group of first years came along, some of whom were carrying their PE kit. The teacher stopped one of them and asked to borrow as slipper. Anticipating what was going to happen, the boys nearly fell over themselves to oblige. I was then told to bend over and given 6 hard whacks with the borrowed plimsoll. I suspect that plimsoll may have been preserved for posterity – it’s probably a collectors’ item now.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 16
Approximate year of punishment: 1972
Crime committed or alleged: Out of Bounds
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Associate Headmaster
Gender of staff member: Male
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Associate Headmasters’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 2
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my skirt.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): The teacher who caught me.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes.
Any other relevant info: I repeatedly used a short cut even though it was out of bounds. I was warned about it countless times and I knew I’d probably get the slipper sooner or later but I just carried on. Eventually, after the same teacher caught me for about the third or fourth day running, I was taken to the Associate Headmaster and caned.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 16
Approximate year of punishment: 1972
Crime committed or alleged: Leaving without permission/skiving off a lesson
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 3
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my skirt.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): The Deputy Headmistress was present.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Yes.
Any other relevant info: I’d (genuinely) forgotten my PE kit yet again. I knew I’d get the slipper from the games mistress so, as it was the last lesson of the day I took a chance and left the premises. Unfortunately, I was seen leaving.
About You:
Gender: Female
Approximate age when punished: 16
Approximate year of punishment: 1972
Crime committed or alleged: Smoking
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member: Headmistress
Gender of staff member: Female
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc): Headmistress’ Study
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc): Cane
Number of strokes: 6
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc): Bottom
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc): Bending over
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc): Through my skirt.
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc): A few others whom I was caught smoking with.
About the school
Name of School: Withheld
Town: Withheld
Country: England
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?: No.
Do you consider the punishment effective?: Not really, I still smoke but I was never caught again.
Any other relevant info: This was the third time I’d been caught so I knew I was really in for it – and I was right. That was the hardest caning I’d ever had and the marks lasted for about two weeks.
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Jul 14, 2010#68
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Thanks Alison and Jenny for your posts. I was wondering if the relationship of CP administered to boys and girls was being reflected in this thread. However, although boys undoubtedly received more CP than girls, from my own experiences it still looked a little out of balance. In my own family both my mother and my mother-in-law received the cane, whereas my father and father-in-law did not. My mother received the cane on three separate occasions from the head at Thomas Alleynes High School in Uttoxeter. She was caned on the hand, and on the last occasion it broke one of her fingers. I share many of Jenny’s view regarding the fairness of CP, and that girls and boys should be treated alike. Caning girls on the hand is a very bad idea, and I very much doubt that my mothers injury was unique. Having experienced both do you have any views concerning caning girls on the hand Jenny?
I don’t know what my mother-in-law did to deserve the cane… I daren’t ask her
Robin
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Demeter
Jul 14, 2010#69
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
Hi Alison,
Thank you for your posting. Sounds like quite a caning you took. May I ask if you were able to remain in position for the duration? How long did the marks last?
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StevefromSE5
Jul 14, 2010#70
Corporal punishment survey
Hi, I don’t know if this forum can help, but I’m trying to put together some realistic data regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools.
Reading this and other internet sources of information it is clearly very hard to distinguish between genuine accounts of CP, peoples fantasies, and role play.
School punishment books are difficult to find, or access. When they are available they only show the information that the establishments wished to disclose. They also only reflect official punishments, generally administered by the Head, consequentially they are not very representative of the general use of CP within schools.
If I study references in the media, the reports are generally only written when the incident was questionably outside the law. In England where I live, and indeed went to school, corporal punishment was legally practiced up until 1986. Therefore there would be no reason for the media to cover anything except the unusual.
Many of us however have witnessed (often first hand) the use of corporal punishment at school. If you have (as indeed have I) I’d be very grateful if you’d reply to this post giving as much accurate information as you feel comfortable with. However to keep this thread out of the realm of fantasy, I’d ask that you only post facts, and leave the creative writing and long discussions to other forums.
The information I’d love you to provide is the following:
About You:
Gender:
Approximate age when punished:
Approximate year of punishment:
Crime committed or alleged:
About the punishment
Administered by Head, or Staff member:
Gender of staff member:
Location punished (Classroom, Office, Hallway etc):
Type of punishment (Cane,Slipper,Paddle etc):
Number of strokes:
Applied to (Hand, Bottom, Legs etc):
Position adopted (Standing, Bending over Chair, Desk etc):
State of dress (Over Trousers/Skirt, panties, bare etc):
Privacy (In private, In front of Class, With another teacher etc):
About the school
Name of School:
Town:
Country:
Effectiveness
Were you ever punished again for the same offence?:
Do you consider the punishment effective?:
Any other relevant info:
Many thanks for your participation. I will reply to this post myself with the details of the CP I received.
Note: I see no reason why schools should not be named as they were operating completely within the law.
JENNY
Christ-you were almost as bad as Doc!
No wonder you two speak with such authority in your discussions!