Walking behind Miss Mitchell I passed a comment to a fellow student that I was taller than her. She paused, turned around, and pointing to her temple said that what mattered most was who was the bigger in there. Her discipline was that of a ruler on the knuckles. The only way of lessening the punishment was by way of raising your hand as high as you could, making it difficult for her to strike.”‘
School Corporal Punishment History5
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Hairbrush for a runaway
I’m now 37 years old and grew up in the neighbourhoods around the New Zealand city of Dunedin. I...
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Female Pupils Slippered29
then I heard Miss call come in mary you wait your turn. we heard talking then silence until the...
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Whole Class Punisment74
Headmasters could wield much influence, some saw the tawse as the last option and discouraged their staff from using...
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Punishment in Instalments8
At my old boarding school a “double six” twelve stroke caning was very occasionally given as an alternative...
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Witnessed School Paddling1
I attended a small school in downstate Illinois that used corporal punishment in the form of the paddle. Both...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes37
The headmaster of the school also used a cane and he must have caned in front of other pupils....
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School Corporal Punishment History111
One ex-boarder remembers a friend trying to pass a note to a day student requesting the latter to...
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Tom Brown’s schooldays2
Tom Brown was supposed to be about Dr Arnold’s time at Rugby in the early 19th Century. The cane...