One good example, and probably the only time I thought our primary school head was right, comes to mind. There had been some serious horseplay and bullying carried out on a group of younger kids by three boys and a girl in my form . Our form teacher ( male) discovered it and told them all off severely, but then sent the BOYS to see the headmistress for the strap. the GIRL was let off. Later, three tearful boys returned , ………the girl , called Janet, was smirking. A few minuted after the Headmistress entered the room and asked for the girl to go with her…..for a well deserved strapping. The form master tried to interject but she was having none of it …she would not tolerate bullying , by boys or girls ! I’m pleased to report that she got the same , three strokes , along with the boys!
Pupils in a Class of their Own for Bad Behaviour5
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Grammar school oddity4
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House Beatings1
My Housemaster was much too strict and at a whim or the urging of the prefects would order a...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience61
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Female Pupils Slippered4
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Three types of caning2
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Discipline in Public School2
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to Had to Go83
The result of this ‘dumb indolence’ ( that’s what a number of my teachers would have called such a...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage70
This idea that a punishment has to be used in all cases to be regarded as a punishment for...