each child internalizes the pain of , say, paddling differently. Psychology indicates the reaction can b depend on who does it, when and where, and a whole other host of variables. Do we know our children well enough to know who it may be safe for, and who not? American Way on another thread today indicates the difficulty when a Principal doesn’t even know the names of those he has punished.
Why Corporal Punishment Has to / Had to Go22
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Corporal Punisment Memories School21
I’m sure paddling was more severe in the states before regulation. Recent television accounts of paddling should dispel notions...
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Females Who Disciplined2
For 3 years in Secondary school in Central Scotland I had a young teacher who taught French. She was...
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Why Corporal Punishment Has to Had to Go48
Table 1: Australian law regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools Jurisdiction Legislation regarding the use of corporal...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience33
The painfulness of a traditional school caning depends on several factors. For example, no two headmasters cane equally as...
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Fooling Around1
I had left school having had just one caning (for fooling around on a bus) and one slippering (for...
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Over Mrs Johnson’s lap1
I grew up a somewhat undisciplined child – I was adopted at the age of three and my new...
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Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster50
Truancy was a big problem and During the war, we had no truancy officers or what were called in...
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A fact of Scholastc Life6
Now only the three senior teachers were authorised to administer punishments. the chosen tool of discipline was: a medium-sized...