Non-commisioned officer ranks were is use at my high school referring to the number of stripes a boy might have. I have also heard the termĀ cutsĀ but thinks this mainly related to hand strapping. “He got the cuts” or “he got four cuts”, etc.
Old-Fashioned Terms for a Caning4
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Mrs Wilkins12
With minor offenses such as rudeness, rough housing or messy rooms, I usually take Johnny right down to the...
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Mrs Wilkins110
It was bad enough that he was being pulled across the room like a small child. Even more embarrassing...
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Arab Schools6
Both experiences were so physically traumatizing that I had nightmares about them for years after. Needless to say I...
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Memories of Corporal Punishment20
Parliament decided to prohibit CP in state schools only because (once they had persuaded themselves, wrongly in my view,...
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Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour16
You make the point, with which I concur, that males and females exhibit different behaviour patterns in many animal...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster19
I’d never say a caning is a minor punishment – even a mild caning is, or should be, a...
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The Cane in UK Schools17
Let me give you a British example, taken from an investigation by a Midlands lea . This was NOT...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage30
Because virtually every informed and experienced teacher was aware of the simple reality that the cane worked with a...