A considerable element of being caned is the mental anguish as opposed to the physical anguish. Lets be honest those of us that have been caned all knew beforehand that we werent going to be physically disabled, the skin wasnt going to be broken, it was going to hurt, but thats about it. The foreknowledge of though is dreadful. Imagine knowing in advance that you were going to bang your head on low beam, and then being made to do it five hours time.
This going to hurt you six times more 12
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Corporal Punishment Comparing Impliments11
Probably the tawse you have experienced is very dense rather than spongy, with a similar outcome. The bottom is...
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Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days38
I caned three girls – and I became aware of particular feelings I didn’t have when caning boys. However,...
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What kind of offences did you get caned for8
Well we now have a list of quite a number of the offences which resulted in caning. However, I...
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Devastation Caused by Discipline7
I am now going to describe a number of incidents as I remember them and try to describe the...
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School Discipline References10
Employed at Montem Primary in Hornsey Road, London, N7 was slipper-mad Mr. Jarvis. Does anyone remember Mr Jarvis a...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s20
We went to breakfast and I was not allowed to sit at the top table and everyone was looking...
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Which was Worse8
On the first occasion I had failed to hand in a punishment essay. The second was when four us...
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School Corporal Punishment History129
“In 1967 with I.M. MacGregor’s death Haileybury lost a prime mover in the Keysborough project, and an influential English...