He had a brown coloured slipper/plimsole which we called the “kipper” because of the colour what he would fo for “punishment” or his fun” the the First boy or girl he called out to touch their toes got one stroke of the slipper which did sting a little !  The second boy/girl he called out to bend over got Two whacks again that stung a bit more!   The third boy or girl  he called out got three whacks that mostly did “Hurt” a lot. But Mr Hislop was reluctant to to give Four whacks,  One time I was called out to get Four! I touched me toes and he raised the slipper up Then the bell went He said up you get John  and come back after play time?  I did so and told him it was for Four and I nervously Touched my toes and felt the first whack Then he said up You get John!  The rest of the class put up hands and said it should be four Sir Then Mr Hislop said No the bell went and the old session ended , This is a new session and it starts with one , Some asked about going up to SIX in a session ?  But Mr. Hislop said five and six was too many and hurt too much little boys and girls of ten or eleven.

Also he would slipper the last boy or girl back in class after play time /break with one “punishment” whack of the slipper,  that did sting but we could stand it no problem.  He at times did use the cane but mostly he just tapped with it and it did not hurt at all .

Must close now. Regards.  John_smage 85@yahoo.com

It sounds as though you witnessed even more SCP in the upper classes of Junior School than I did!  And you were certainly in receipt of more personally!  If you feel able it would be helpful to know what era and roughly what part of the country this was.  I notice you’ve omitted both those fields when you’ve responded to the SCP survey in your contribution #916.  Don’t identify the school though unless you really wish to do so.

I note that you say Mr Hislop used identical MO for boys and girls in that they both had to touch their toes for the slipper.  When he used the cane were the recipients of that also required to touch their toes  please?  You note that he didn’t cane very hard, but from your accounts quite clearly his slipperings were pretty painful for boys.  Was it your impression please that he slippered girls just as hard?

john_smage wrote:One time I was called out to get Four! I touched me toes and he raised the slipper up Then the bell went He said up you get John  and come back after play time?  I did so and told him it was for Four and I nervously Touched my toes and felt the first whack Then he said up You get John!  The rest of the class put up hands and said it should be four Sir Then Mr Hislop said No the bell went and the old session ended , This is a new session and it starts with one ,

Typical that your classmates tried to get you four whacks instead of the one!  Children then could be a little unsympathetic to those being whacked!  Both times I was subjected to CP at primary school I was very conscious that quite a lot of the spectators were enjoying the show.

Your description of Mr Hislop makes me wonder if he was what I term a ‘bread and circuses’ teacher.  That is a teacher who used SCP or other embarrassing punishments as an integral part of his or her classroom persona.   In effect making a contract with the class that in return for reasonable concentration on the learning job in hand they’d get plenty of guaranteed entertainment as those erring were punished.    Very much as the Roman emperors persuaded the Roman underclass to behave by giving them free food and entertainment in the colosseum.  Absolutely nothing wrong with being a ‘bread and circuses’ teacher, some of the best teachers I encountered fell into that category.

Mr Hislop’s slippering of those last back to class must have given some scope for contriving to get particular individuals slippered.  A little jostling, a possession hidden etc., to ensure that a particular person was delayed a little and last back.  I reckon I’d have been a marked man if any of my junior school teachers had followed that tradition.   Did you encounter any evidence of that sort of thing at your school please?

This did not take place in The United Kingdom but on the Isle of Man which is part of the old Empire we were / are not  subject laws of the UK.   The school was Albert Road which was pulled down and turned into a car park ,   Parents thought My Hislop and mr Kissack could do no wrong.   After he retired he stood fo Tynwald and was elected with a large majority  I voted for him   I say no more .    RGS (secondary School  12-18 used the slipper to keep order with gym masters slippered mostly though thin shots
Hope is what u wanted to know?

Thank you for your most excellent and comprehensive replies to my various queries.  Both boys and girls seem to have had a lively time with regard to SCP at your Junior School and I am now convinced from your descriptions that both Mr Hislop and Mr Kissack were teachers of the ‘bread and circuses’ persuasion.  Mr Hislop’s caning game is quite fascinating.  I encountered only one teacher whose classroom performance came anywhere near that amazing standard, but he was a most excellent teacher and went on to become the headmaster of an old established and prestigious grammar school in a town in Northern England (no, not that one).

Did you have any female teachers at Junior School please, or indeed at the RGS (though I assume the latter was a boys’ school)?   If so did they display the same innovation and ingenuity in the delivery of SCP as Mr Hislop and Mr Kissack?  Although there are accounts here of such female teachers they are relatively infrequent and as this is one of my special interest areas I am always eager to hear more.

BTW, although the title of this Forum suggests a rather restricted part of the CP spectrum, by courtesy of the Forum Management other parts of that spectrum have also been regularly discussed, especially Judicial Corporal Punishment, another of my special interest areas.  Indeed my ideal account here would be a combination of my two aforementioned special interest areas, but alas that is quite rare.  There has however been much discussion here of birching, particularly the versions employed on the Isle of Man.  Are you of an age please to have any recollections of birching cases or circumstances surrounding them, or indeed any local information on how they were conducted?

Finally may I please congratulate you on your use of the BBCode facilities provided by Tapatalk.  So few people venture there and it is a pleasure to see that you are an exception.