For those that think girls are all sugar and spice, offences – leaving school without permission, general disobedience, rudeness,...
I do have one question. We hear so much about the “Evils” of males smacking females at school. How...
Even up to 1980 in my private school, at times under certain circumstances, boys were required to lower their...
It seems that this teacher was very fond of smacking both boys and girls. The trouble is that I...
At my English boarding school in the 1960s, only the Head could use the cane but other masters used...
Looking back on my school days, it is extraordinary how different attitudes towards discipline were from those we hold...
One of the things that is often forgotten when we look back at our schooldays is that the education...
There was a time when corporal punishment was accepted as part of everyday school life. A smack, a slipper,...
There are some childhood memories that gradually fade with time. Others remain as vivid as if they happened yesterday....
There are some people who collect stamps, others who treasure old postcards or family photographs. My own rather unusual...
In Scotland, the use of the belt in schools was an everyday occurrence with many beltings being given in...
There was a time, not so very long ago, when school discipline was measured not merely by detentions or...
There are some schoolboy mistakes which, although innocent enough in intention, seem almost destined to end in punishment. Looking...
Among the most memorable figures was Mr Deakin, a teacher remembered as much for his unusual appearance as for...
For most pupils, the prospect of such punishment was something to be feared rather than experienced. The mere sight...
There was a time when corporal punishment was as much a part of British school life as morning assembly...
The question of whether people perceive something as “fair” or “unfair” raises an important distinction between observable facts and...
One way of estimating how many women experienced corporal punishment at school would be to take a very simple...
Over the years, discussions about school corporal punishment have revealed a wide variety of attitudes among those who experienced...
Does Pain Really Deter? For obvious ethical and practical reasons, it is difficult to conduct rigorous scientific studies on...
School corporal punishment has historically been justified on several grounds, but perhaps the most commonly cited purpose is deterrence....
The experience of corporal punishment varies considerably depending on the instrument used, the area of the body being struck,...
Having taken an interest in comparing different forms of school corporal punishment, I find many modern observations remarkably similar...
The Belt My experience with the belt has been limited to the bare buttocks, so I cannot compare its...