The cosh wave, for instance, which reversed the views of many previous opponents of beating, is a case in point. His contrasting of the temporary marks left by the rod with the well-nigh permanent stain left by a prison sentence proved an essential argument in his cause; he earnestly sought to prevent the origins of such phenomena as coshing, which he, in common with many others, attributed mainly to lack of discipline in the domestic upbringing. Far better, this view would run, a series of moderate chastisement in the home, than the disgrace of a prison-sentence, reinforced perhaps by a birching, not to mention the sufferings of the coshers’ victims.
Chastisement Across the Ages25
Related Articles
-
School Corporal Punishment References7
Beacon Hill Wallsend Pamela i remember mrs anderson the old bag gave me the strap nd it bloody hurt...
-
How many strokes 2
While this was a long time ago and memory fades with time I can envisage no circumstances where I...
-
How Did You Address Your Teachers?9
Although we didn’t stand if a Master entered a room, if the Headmaster came in you jumped to your...
-
Slippered at School19
And then of course, there were PE teachers who would pick boys out at random and give them between...
-
House Beatings6
Perhaps it was this more than the hiding which got to you. Also he really believed in walloping you...
-
Disciplined on Carnival Day8
I could here Tammy bawling, at the top of her voice, “But Alison Winter TOLD us we could stay,...
-
Caning on the Hands11
The latter stormed up to the school, looking for Jennings. She found him on dining-room duty. To the delight...
-
In Front of Others
My parents met while my father was in the army and stationed in Germany. I was born in the...