For me, Primary school punishments were an unknown quantity. At senior school, you had a fairly good idea of what would merit a dose of the slipper or cane and the severity of such an offense. In primary school you kept the same teacher throughout the year via the odd one, CP tended to be inconsistent often reflected by the mood of that teacher to the severity rather than the offense. All my incidences of CP were given by women.
Primary School Corporal Punishments15
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Caned by the Prefect30
In many ways, the tradition about not dobbing isn’t a bad one in terms of forming communities among boys...
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Three for the Slipper5
Lilian went next. She tried the begging route, but my Mother was having none of it. She also got...
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Caning Practice14
In my experience, and based on talking to others who I know to have been real teachers, some of...
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments28
So I almost asked for more – though I never did. Perhaps I feared that if the authorities knew...
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The Problem with Over the Knee Discipline
There have been documentaries about parents that still spank and inevitably we witness the parent carrying out a spanking....
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Corporal Punishment in Mixed Secondary Modern36
9 The slipper is unique amongst traditional British implements in that it was ONLY used on the bottom. 10...
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Tom Brown’s schooldays4
According to legend, when an Etonian was flogged, the cost of the birch was added to the bill sent...
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That loving feeling 4
Mom told me not to move – she said was going to give me a good spanking because I...