“Please, Mommy! I didn’t DO anything, Mommy, please???” “You were over an hour late getting home, young lady, and this is not the first time that you have had trouble getting yourself home on time, now is it? ” But it wasn’t my fault we were late, Mommy!! Jenny was supposed to say we had to go home, Mom! Jenny made us late, Mom – not me! “And I had to send your father out to find you…” “I wanted to come home, but Jenny wanted to stay, Mommy! It’s Jenny ‘s fault, Mommy, not mine!” “You let me worry about Miss Jennifer, young lady, and you worry about yourself.” “Nooo! Please don’t Mommy – don’t pull them down, oh, no, please no, Mommy!” “And you were NOT at the carnival, you were playing at your friend’s house. You KNOW that you are to stay where you tell us that you will be!” “That’s not my fault, Mommy! Alison Winter told us to come over to her house! She told us it would be okay, Mommy!!
Disciplined on Carnival Day13
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Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days41
We do authorize some female staff to cane – in any situation where a male member of staff in...
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Wrong time and Wrong place6
I was at a boarding grammar school in England around the same time – 1964-71. When I arrived there,...
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Which was Worse9
In the early 1980’s a letter from a woman in Norfolk advocating the use of corporal punishment in schools...
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How many strokes 11
I do not think there is much doubt that the severity of punishment increases with the number of strokes....
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Origin and Reason for using the Cane4
It’s notable that part of the controversy about the case related to the fact that he was also struck...
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Was the Pain of Corporal Punishment a Deterant16
While neither of your sample groups are large, nor necessarily representative of the general population, there is, I believe,...
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A Tantrum & A Toy Car 1
When I was young, I got my bottom spanked by my mother pretty regularly. My Mother kept a paddle...
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Corporal Punishment Public or Private23
The junior cane was no picnic. I stood up, one prefect tucked my shirt in, and the other passed...