“There was the intriguing “Major” Bill Jordan, reputedly an ex-secret service man who had worked behind enemy lines during the war. In his short time at St Bede’s he taught middle-school English with fastidious attention to detail and extreme annoyance at the excessive use of corporal punishment around the school. On one occasion he burst into the room next door and grabbed the strap from a teacher he believed was over-doing it. Relations between the “Major” and several staff members became strained over the strap issue.”
School Corporal Punishment History121
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Thoughts of School Corporal Punishment4
We had a similar system at my school, but it was like Russian roulette. We knew that we...
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Corporal Punishment An Abuse of Trust2
I have no knowledge as to what the boy had done or as to his age – whether 12...
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Canings That Went Wrong8
An interesting but very complicated subject. Once in my Sixth form days ( independent UK school ; boarding and...
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Grudges Held for Discipline1
I Don’t think I need to recount again minute procedural details of my formal six of the best with...
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments8
Slipper: … Getting it bare makes a pretty big difference. I agree completely, but it also depends on...
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Caned by the Prefect29
The idea that you don’t dob is still strongly ingrained in our pupils. We’ve managed to modify it somewhat...
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Whole Class Punisment104
I have heard several reports of canes splitting at the ends, although I accept entirely that the majority did...
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How Did You Address Your Teachers?4
Of course, in school, up to the sixth form, as was traditional in Boys’ schools at that time we...