By the time she removed it, Billy was quite stiff and grateful to be lying on his stomach. “Ahaa! Just as I suspected, young man. Your temperature is completely normal at 98.6.” “I don’t understand, Belinda, I really do feel like I’m coming down with something.” “Let’s just see how Johnny’s temperature is. Something tells me he’s going to be normal too. … No, stay on your stomach and don’t touch your pjs. They’ll need to stay down for a while longer if Johnny’s temp is normal like yours.” Belinda took the thermometer back into the bathroom, wiped it off with tissue, and washed it carefully. She then returned to the boy’s room, collected the vaseline, and moved over to Johnny’s bed noting he had already rolled over onto his stomach. She then repeated the procedure and soon pronounced Johnny fit as a fiddle too. “All right, you two. I want the truth out of you and I want it right now.
Mrs Wilkins41
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to Had to Go59
There is an immense amount of research into the fact that boys and girls react differently to different punishments,...
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Suspect Teacher who Meted out C.P in the 1950s5
It always seemed the same 6 girls in my class that he picked on and to be fair the...
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Corporal Punishment References142
St John Payne Catholic Comp Chelmsford Lucy Lynham She was the deputy head, I think, and she gave the...
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The Spanish Slipper13
The next was so hard I was thrown forward and any illusion was shattered. I was still, unmistakably,...
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Disciplined on Carnival Day10
I couldn’t help myself…. “I bet they pull your pants down!” “Nooo!” “And your underwear, too! They are...
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Belted6
I think the first time getting the belt was more frightening than later because at first you did not...
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The First Time I Saw a Cane13
The simple reintroduction of the cane would not do the job and there is the risk that it could...
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Corporal Punishment in Mixed Secondary Modern9
Again, as I said above, this age ended with the birth of the comprehensives. For the first time, state...