I went to school in the Lothians, a very large school, with a modern extension to a tatty old school which it had definitely outgrown. Although a fairly conservative part of the country the period in
question was around 1976, the ’60’s had almost reached Scotland and people were ‘letting their hair down’, quite literally. The dowdy uniform code (for the boys a black blazer with crest, grey long trousers, white shirt and school tie, was enforced with gusto, but the one tiny freedom allowed was that we all prety much got to grow our hair as oddly as our parents would tolerate. Then they began a ‘radical’ experiment. Casual clothes for ‘Sixth Year Studies’. My God, you would have thought they had passed a motion to hand out free condoms with the dinner tickets. Just imagine. Laddies and Lassies, even if they were 17/18, going to school without their uniform! The scandal!!
School Belt16
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School Corporal Punishment History118
“There were mean-spirited boys who would insert wads of blotting paper into their classmates’ inkwells so that the dipped...
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School Belt8
Other than that it was the belt was used but sparingly. At secondary school, things were a bit different,...
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Mrs Worthington’s Sunday School Discipline
1963 was a year I still remember. The Dallas Cowboys went on to a great season and I even...
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In front of the Class2
There had been a spate of things going missing from the cloakroom situated between our classroom and the next...
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Caning from of the Times25
“(Therefore, bigger boys or men were to ill-treat the big little boys. What an argument! – Ed. D.P.] “Flogging...
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You Have the Choice20
“Most teachers do find it amazingly effective, Joanna.” “And you think I should do that too?” “I do,...
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Devastation Caused by Discipline7
I am now going to describe a number of incidents as I remember them and try to describe the...
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Six Strokes Of The Cane4
Isnt it somewhat incongruous that people who are prepared to do all this wouldnt countenance a dose of the...