While corner time was embarrassing, it was far better than what the boys were receiving. And I was a good girl-I never even had to stand in the corner. Third grade, 1962. We now moved up a row in the assemblies, and we also moved up a floor for our classes. (The kindergarten, first, and second grades were on the first floor, while third, fourth and fifth grades were on the second floor. The top three grades had the third floor.) Something else was new this year: segregation of boys and girls. I’m not sure why the school decided to give each sex a separate classroom and teacher, but there were no boys in Mother Veronica’s classroom that year. And something was different about the classroom: in the back there was a door leading to a fire escape.
Catholic School in New England7
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Caned by the Prefect16
As a student in mixed government schools, I didn’t really see male prefects as holding much power over me...
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Caning from of the Times13
Mr. Evans, in his defence, denied liability, and said that it was a term of the contract between himself...
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My First School Strapping15
It hurt. Tears came to my eyes. And then after about five or ten seconds, it all happened...
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Whackings & Afterwards3
In truth, although it hurt (and of course it was meant to), the cane wasn’t too bad. At...
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Thoughts of School Corporal Punishment5
With my uncle, I was staying with them for a summer while my Dad was overseas. My aunt caught...
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SCHOOL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT19
I would like to offer a few thoughts on this and hopefuly worthy of consideration. In the 1940s I...
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Aunty Sheila’s Slipper Punishment7
Like my mother, Aunt Sheila believed an extra witness or a surrogate disciplinarian added to the humiliation of a...
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Edwardian Prep School Canings7
All they know is that at the end that child suddenly disappears from the class and is forgotten –...