First post here as well, been lurking for ages but this thread does really remind me of school days. I was a teenage smoker at my mixed grammar in the late 70’s and it was normal lunchtime procedure to smoke in the woods behind the school. We all knew that the teachers knew we smoked there but they didn’t tend to bother us (5th form pupils) there much but of course eventually it was bound to happen. We got caught with a couple of boys and were marched off to see the Headmaster (male and dealt with the boys with the cane) and Headmistress (dealt with girls using a slipper) for our punishments.
Slippered Together8
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School Belt10
I also remember one lady teacher taking her belt out of her desk and down to the hall where...
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Six Strokes Of The Cane7
Oh, and of course a large majority of current teaching staff in the UK are opposed to school...
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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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School Corporal Punishment History54
Caning by staff ended in 1988 with the departure of Campbell Stewart (Year 8 Group Master 1984-88). On the...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage48
This wasn’t necessarily the case in Scotland, which although having a fearsome tradition of belting kids, did so on...
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The Slipper in UK Schools18
I never heard of a lower pass mark being set explicitly for boys of less ability butI I know...
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Outside the Heads Office16
We couldn’t decide what to do. You see if it were any of OUR PE staff they would have...
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South London Revisited1
From Kilmorie School, Forest Hill, pages on Friends Reunited: Â…remember Mr Franklin, he caught me smoking in the toilets,I...