All this will be readily admitted by those of us who were at school in those robuster days when the birch or cane was the normal and ever-present symbol of the schoolmaster’s authority in the school. We did not fear it much for the physical pain it inflicted, though that was sharp enough at the moment, and probably much sharper than it is in this more squeamish age. But we did fear it because of the appeal it made to our self-respect, because it came as a sharp and salutary reminder that we had been disgraced before our school-fellow, disgraced not by the mere infliction of corporal punishment, but by the feeling that we had fallen away from a standard of conduct which we knew in our heart of hearts to be that which we ought to act up to.
Caning from of the Times7
Related Articles
-
Noughts & Crosses Nuns & Mum4
Please tell me she has made a mistake somehow, girls,” demanded Miss B. We all three looked at our...
-
Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go13
Paddling and caning are certainly not the panacea that some may claim but few here do. We are a...
-
Noughts & Crosses Nuns & Mum16
“I think that is a good choice, love. Pop up to your room I will be up in a...
-
Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s27
At this point, he said to us that when we showed him around the school and showed him our...
-
School Day Memories9
The slippering incident happened one day after hockey. Me and two friends were the last off the pitch by...
-
Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience12
A willingly accepted, sort after caning as an adult will undoubtedly have a very different psychology than one received...
-
More Friends Reunited CP References18
I remember receiving a severe smacking on the bum from Mrs hunter (aka Barbara Cartland lookalike) when I (accidentally)...
-
Purposeful Corporal Punishment19
Week 3, submit my exercise book, covered with the sports results section of a newspaper with my favorite team...