Yet professionally in Australian, no, more precisely, Victorian psychology, sociology, child psychiatry, and educational fields there is a resounding sound of silence, and not a single academic I’ve come across in any of them give any credence for a moment such practices take place …..and unlike me they have nearly all be born and brought up there. Moreover, they teach the kids who have gone to the very schools involved with this ‘big cover-up’ . One said in a Christmas message to me that the odds were better on fairies living at the bottom of his garden, or on meeting an alien at the next faculty drinks party.
The Cane in UK Schools28
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Caning Practice4
I think that most boys who have received the cane at school a few times very quickly come to...
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Enjoyable Canings1
While I could never honestly describe caning as enjoyable, it is sometimes satisfying in a way and I wonder...
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Corporal Punishment References120
Lisa Johnson Mrs Shervington If ever you were kindly invited to her office for the slipper you would either...
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How Would you Rate your Schools Punishments26
I think it is a very long time since any UK male regarded himself as superior to females. I’m...
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How Would you Rate your Schools Punishments1
The point is that the cane is often wrongly seen as much more severe than it is. In particular,...
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Intensive care
“I’ll swing for that one, Alice, honest I will!” Alice didn’t need to ask her colleague to which one...
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Mrs Wilkins130
One side of him still had trouble accepting the fact that Mrs Wilkins’ used spankings to discipline her seventeen-year...
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School Corporal Punishment History67
The prefect’s father also complained, highlighting the inappropriate nature of the punishment, especially for a prefect, and criticized...