Answering the thread’s question there very likely were children who did purposely go out of their way to warrant some form of punishment. The question doesn’t target corporal punishment, but watching a severe caning wouldn’t have caused me to rush to the front of a queue if one formed for volunteers. You didn’t live through your school life in fear of corporal punishment either, well I didn’t.
Purposeful Corporal Punishment31
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First Time Caned2
The first time I was caned on the bottom was when I was fifteen. My Mother found some ‘Fiesta’...
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Georgina of the Fifth24
Though she did her best both for home and hamlet, Beatrice often chafed against the narrowness of her limits....
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The fake temperature1
I honestly cannot remember what I had in mind that fateful morning. In fact, I cannot even remember what...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s21
I was given back my head girl’s badge and got another lecture from her saying that she hoped there...
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Teachers Who like to Yell2
They seem to revel in shouting “orders” by the minute. As if they are the only person allowed to...
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School Corporal Punishment References13
Broadgate School Nottingham Mel I got the cane on about 3 seperate occasions, and the day trip to sudbury...
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The Tawse2
The belt is no longer used in schools in UK, I think it was stopped in non-private schools in...
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How many strokes 6
One factor on increasing the number of strokes is an increased probability of crossing one of the previous strokes,...