what I mean by realistic in this case is that the punishment seen in Fighting Back is rather similar to what I recall from my own experiences at a Victorian state school in the mid-1940s (I only attended such a school until I was 8). It’s also similar to the strappings I saw during teaching practice in a state tech in 1958. I should point out that the punishment regime in both those schools left a lot to be desired. At my own primary school, the Head used to hand out the strap very readily without any real inquiry as to whether or not you deserved it – most of the time I didn’t – teachers simply sent you to him and he belted you.
Corporal Punisment Memories School22
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Corporal Punishment Cane or Otherwise5
Painful, perhaps even very painful. I never heard anybody who was caned at that school claim it didn’t...
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Sunday School in 63 9
My only real complaint about Sunday School was that Mrs Wiseman’s pretty young assistant, Monica, didn’t handle the discipline....
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Hand Spanking10
I remember that during a History lesson at my prep school the teacher, who also happened to be the...
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Over the edge10
So I stood dumbly, resolutely staring at the shiny silver buckles on my new school shoes, and waited for...
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School Corporal Punishment History8
“He said he would start to tell us about the Jesuit traditions, about how discipline was most important...
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Georgina of the Fifth19
No, I can’t say I’m shedding tears myself unless they’re crocodile ones. Please to recollect in future, my dears,...
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Devastation Caused by Discipline11
At another time I was eating my lunch. Miss Collin must have decided that I needed force-feeding and...
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To Tawse or not to Tawse3
I do not think there is one correct answer to this question since it depends on the situation. I...