I got through school without being whacked, so I can only go by hearsay, but playground lore said that 1 with the cane was worth 3 with the slipper; and that 1 with the slipper was worth 3 with the hand – although whether anyone had actually got to compare 6 strokes of the cane with 54 spanks I can’t say!!!! There was a general feeling that 1 on clothes was worth 2 on the bare, regardless of implement, although apart from some apocryphal gym teacher-related stories, no one was ever punished with pants down. (And anyway, dignity was a more important consideration than pain in deciding if you’d rather have more strokes in your clothes or fewer strokes undressed.)
Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments17
Related Articles
-
Corporal Punishment References from Buy Gone Days13
I saw the slipper he was holding in his right hand. It was a black plimsoll with a dull...
-
Beltings We Got Out Of1
I started my secondary education with a friend I had been at primary school with, Phil N is his...
-
Why Corporal Punishment is Wrong9
In the case of your children, they have the right to do exactly as they like, just as you...
-
The Headmaster’s Study3
At the end of each assembly he would announce the names of those unfortunate schoolboys whose presence was required...
-
Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage30
Because virtually every informed and experienced teacher was aware of the simple reality that the cane worked with a...
-
Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s2
The headmistress then explained the rules of the school and the importance of the school’s reputation and the pride...
-
School Punishment Book89
In the descriptive narrative of the original PB eBay listing, it mentions the initials of the manager, clerk or...
-
Should unlawful incidents of school CP be taken to the Courts18
The court ruled that that was not so in state schools, because the teacher’s power came from the Crown,...