I was not aware of anyone being offered a choice of punishment at our school.
In high school detention was rare, whilst the cane was used regularly. As someone who was not caned, I would have chosen detention. One reason was that the cane was semi-public, and I would have been apprehensive both as to my reaction and for other reasons. In contrast, there were more than a few who were given it regularly and appeared to revel in the status it gave them.
I have always felt that a headmaster would have learnt his technique from his peers mixed with his own...
The case for the abolition of CAPITAL punishment , and or cruel or unusual punishment is not the same...
Between the ages of 7 and 11 (1957 to 1961) I attended a mixed primary school where all the...
This pushing or testing of my mum’s patience was something I would do quite frequently for some reason, even...
t was only boys who were punished at my junior school,( by that teacher) and I also have no...
It wasn’t only the pain of a slippering that could determine whether a girl would cry or not. The...
It was an era that accepted a level of physical violence between teacher and pupil. A good deal of...
My sister decided that as I had both played with the matches and told a fib about doing so, a smacked...