Why? What did it achieve apart from enhancing Miss F’s ‘hard’ reputation? Well according to her this later to be Head Girl a lot. Miss F argued that she was a potential head girl. Someday she herself might have to refer girls, probably of a very different nature and background from herself, to the Deputy head, and they may well, in extremis, get caned. What did that look like, and more importantly, how could she do it, if she herself was not prepared to accept this discipline when it was earned? She would be completely morally compromised. ….Miss F ‘won’ giving her some leeway on the ‘normal’ tariff in recognition of her record and contrite apology ( highly unusual)…Years later when I discussed with the now young lady concerned she agreed that the Deputy head, whilst understanding and sympathetic to her plight, was right to insist…for …..The high office carries high responsibility; and as Zeno reminds us all actions carry consequences that you shouldn’t be able to avoid, no matter who you are… ( Alamo values!). …….
The Cane and the Double Standard25
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A Teacher that used Corporal Punishment2
He earned the respect of myself and I think every student in the school. Certainly, every student in my...
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This going to hurt you six times more 31
Other boys at my school who had received the cane were in agreement with me on this point, and...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage39
This wasn’t necessarily the case in Scotland, which although having a fearsome tradition of belting kids, did so on...
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Caning from of the Times20
Thursday, February 12, 1914 PUNISHMENT OF INFIRMARY B0YS: DOCTOR’S LIBEL ACTION. KEATS v. CONOLLY AND OTHERS. (Before the...
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Corporal Punishment An Abuse of Trust7
Were the police to decide not to prosecute, would it be correct to say that the boy could...
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Tawse Protection Clothing6
She was able to persuade her body guard boyfriend to remove the ceramic plates from one of his vests...
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Noughts & Crosses Nuns & Mum1
It was the Monday afternoon of the last week before Christmas break in the late 1970s. By tradition, although...
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Caning from of the Times29
Allen was 11 years of age, He had been in since February 11. He was said to be suffering...