Well, the old expression of everyone having to draw a line sooner or later had arrived as I realized that if I let this kid push me around I would be a laughing stock and a target for the whole school. So I told him where to go and pushed back when he started pushing me and then I punched him, and knocked him flat on his back and within seconds with him still lying on his back in the playground the teacher was there.
Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes43
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School Belt15
The only time I saw girls belted at Secondary was when a group of 4 girls were called out...
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Tom Brown’s schooldays3
Wouldn’t convenience and economy be as important as prudery in the cane superseding the birch as the everyday instrument...
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Georgina of the Fifth8
“But you must try your best. I shall trust you to make a great effort. I should...
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House Beatings6
Perhaps it was this more than the hiding which got to you. Also he really believed in walloping you...
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School Punishment Book46
Even up to 1980 in my private school, at times under certain circumstances, boys were required to lower their...
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Whole Class Punisment75
My understanding is that there were possibly 3 major suppliers of canes to English schools, two based in London...
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go5
Not one of the 19 state that still allow paddling demonstrates the proper way for teachers or principals to...
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And when we got there the Cupboard was Bare3
Given these a priori statements are integral to my position , I am then left with some severe difficulties....