I was quite happy to get a couple of whacks, as that was me fired from the choir. I was never really enthusiastic singing the Minstrel Boy to The Wars Has Gone, instead of reading music and playing instruments which I did in my previous school, which was supposed to be a beyond-hope secondary modern school.
Origin and Reason for using the Cane9
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Mild Smacking Allowed9
We really must get beyond this adults vs kids thing. Often the reason kids are misbehaving in the first...
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Highs and lows1
This memory goes back to the early 1960s. I can’t remember the time of year; only the fact that...
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments21
The cane I get is 82cm long, 12mm thick, and weighs 70 grams. The strap is 42cm long, 30mm...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage78
You claimed that commonsense had already told the teachers what you claim the research subsequently showed. The researchers do...
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School Corporal Punishment History37
He put ‘the boys through conjugating verbs and declining nouns and those who failed too ignominiously received a few...
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legs smacked by female teachers9
1974 – JOAN CLIFTON Added by Julie B. I was in that cupboard with her and yes we did...
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Corporal Punishment Public or Private45
At the middle school and comprehensive that I attended, most corporal punishment was administered in private, either in the...
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Mrs Wilkins62
But there was more to it than the normal acceptance of a well-deserved punishment. Billy didn’t really understand why...