I’ve said on other sites my first cover post two weeks in a tough secondary….sorry comprehensive,( they got a new nameplate), taught me never to scoff at the teachers really on the front line, demoralized, yes, overuse of the cane, certainly, good learning environment, never…….OK, I came away conscience clear. I’d survived two weeks and caned nobody. There wasn’t anything to boast about, I could see the light at the end of the tunnel….if you were there 24/7 who am I to judge? Mind you I’d broken other rules…..locked windows to stop them being jumped out of…..locked a class ( of teenage typists on general studies……) in whilst I went to retrieve books….when if I’d but known, all I really needed was Prof. Lewis to help me encourage students to co-operate, observe their success ( stealing from Woolies? Selling ciggies? Concealing knives?) and punish intelligently. I’m sorry give them photocopying to do and they’d have pawned the machine…
After the Cane Mutiny15
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School and Home8
Well, off went my clothes, and I cried some more. My mom told me to get my little ass...
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School Corporal Punishment History133
V.F.O. Francis, Headmaster: “In second term, Mark Stump told Francis that the staff had lost confidence in him as...
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The Slipper in UK Schools26
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First encounter with CP3
The formality of dISCIPLINE excited me, the waiting outside the office, being informed of her punishment, the preparation, the...
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School CP’s Little Secret21
My son has been instructed on how to handle bullies. He may not do it as well as I...
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School Punishment Book27
This was often in direct contrast to some boys who would return to class after having been given the...
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School Belt38
THE BROTHERS REPUTATION A delegate to the 1947 General Chapter of the Christian Brothers made reference to the ‘most...
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Teachers given cane go-ahead at Christian College12
The last time I visited Melbourne, I remember taking the tram from Bundoora into town, and being surprised when...