And then standing up when it was all over, trying to hold back the tears, opening the door and walking as bravely as I could past the headmaster’s secretary who was sitting outside the study door in the next room where she could hear the sounds of caning from the inner sanctum, sitting quietly at her desk typing away, smiling slightly at me as she sat comfortably on her soft round bottom that hadn’t felt the sting of the cane, watching me as I walked painfully past her desk. How miserable I felt, thinking of that contrast between my pain and her comfort.
Corporal Punishment Public or Private19
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Refusing to do the Dishes2
I was quite embarrassed that my mother was treating me like such a child in front of Gill and...
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Schools Religion and CP6
As I recall, the stick-wielding male teacher complained that he suspected the girls came to school with padded knickers...
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Canings That Went Wrong7
On another occasion, I was in a group of boys being caned by the headmaster for some run-of-the-mill offenses....
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Caned in Numbers7
She knew if she let go of the boy he would dash to the door. Already he had run...
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The Discipline of Females6
I actually have no experience of C.P. As I was at school in the nineties, I find it hard...
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School Punishment Book60
The thing that most intrigues me though are rules 26 and 27: 26. For Going to Girls Play...
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Schools Religion and CP1
For many, religion and CP seem to be natural partners. How many faiths cared to ‘spare the rod’ in...
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What kind of offences did you get caned for4
The supervising teacher probably only witnessed the later part of the incident and it is not clear what, if...