One particular incident, however, has always remained in my mind. Around 1955, a local woman came to the school...
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...