Descending on the left was a long list of chores and behavior covering everything from housework and homework to obedience,
honesty,
timeliness,
neatness,
politeness,
proper language,
quietness,
roughhousing indoors,
behavior after lights out, grades,
school behavior (as reported by our teachers),
and a miscellaneous category.
Along the top margin ran the days of the week.
Aunty Sheila’s Slipper Punishment11
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Whole Class Punisment45
This man had no intention of being approachable . He barked orders and expected complete obedience. Once I emerged...
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The Problem with Over the Knee Discipline10
I was often hit by both parents when growing up and both would let fly with slaps to the...
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School Corporal Punishment History59
“So the prefects in 1966 caned a boy for ‘wearing school uniform improperly in a public place, and thereby...
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Caned in Numbers12
did Ken Clarke ever get the cane? I can’t throw any light on that. He wasn’t in my year,...
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Smacked Bottom Time 2
Mum would sit down on this. I’m not sure why, but prior to her preparing me, she would always...
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Corporal Punishment and The Slipper18
For all slipperings you were told to “bend over” or “touch your toes” and you always complied, just hoping...
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A Fascination with Discipline5
The headmistress of the Infant School didn’t quite date back as far as your teacher with the finger cuffs...
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Suspect Teacher who Meted out C.P in the 1950s12
He also had a cane but he rarely used it in class sometimes giving boys 2 on each hand...