I recall one boy, let’s just call him William, was in Sixth Year Studies with me, i.e. we were a few weeks or months short of our 18th birthdays and almost ready for university, we were allowed fairly lightly supervised Study Periods and quite a bit of freedom in our comings and goings, no uniform, we were treated as ‘young adults’ to quote the namby-pamby Form Master; but an ‘utter nonsense’ in the opinion of a Mr McNulty who took the English component and who was a crusty 55 year old made of granite chippings and gravel. He stood about 5 foot 7 but was solid as The Bass Rock.
School Belt19
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Corporal Punisment Memories School17
I remember the cherry brandy incident. Unfortunately, the Sunday paper in those days was the Sunday Depressing(Express in real...
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Mild Smacking Allowed11
More recently, a father out of spite against his ex-wife drove his car into a Dam drowning his three...
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School Punishment Book36
I cannot give a yes/no answer to you as to if your teacher in the 1960s was right to...
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Intensive Care4
“All right, young man, if that’s the way you want it. But let me tell you this. I’m going...
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Six-of-best8
I was caned several times for fighting on the footie park, most times with bared butt just out of...
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Scottish Approved School Punishment12
What really shocks me in all this is that the state should enforce and allow the birching of children...
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Put Back on Track6
She emphasised her concern that I had taken a downward turn over the last several weeks and that this...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes47
I got the slipper plenty of times at primary school, but never secondary, and I can safely say that...