“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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Catholic School in New England1
My name is Brenda, and I was born in 1954. I received my early education at a Catholic parochial...
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School Corporal Punishment History17
These quotes come from ‘Xavier Portraits’ by Greg Dening and Doug Kennedy, published in 1993. Much of that book...
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Purposeful Corporal Punishment4
I had an English teacher I had a crush on. In one class she mentioned the next person to...
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A Hot Day in a Life7
The spanking quickly finished and Mum layed my face down on my bed and softly said to me “The...
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School CP’s Little Secret48
In some schools, perhaps many schools, that is true. But it doesn’t have to be – that’s my point....
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Devastation Caused by Discipline7
I am now going to describe a number of incidents as I remember them and try to describe the...
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School CP’s Little Secret67
As I have mentioned before, at my primary school my father was headmaster. He rarely used a cane as...
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Caning from of the Times49
AN ELECTION ADDRESS. The election address contained the following statement:- “Within the last month the scandalous treatment of sick...