Memories of an Earlier Age of Discipline Part Seven — Looking Back From a Different Age There are certain...
Ask former pupils about school discipline and one thing quickly becomes apparent: there was very little consistency. One teacher...
Corporal punishment was by no means confined to boys, although the experiences of girls could be very different. Several...
Perhaps more surprising to younger readers is that the slipper was not exclusively associated with schools. A number of...
The slipper was only one part of the disciplinary system. Many schools also retained the cane. Generally speaking, the...
This is perhaps the most difficult question. Some former pupils remain convinced that corporal punishment helped maintain discipline. They...
There are some experiences most of us are perfectly content never to investigate. Yet curiosity can be a surprisingly...
There is an important difference between wondering about an experience and actually deciding to try it. Most of us...
One point appears remarkably consistently throughout the adult accounts: many underestimated the physical experience. People who had never received...
For adults who had actually encountered corporal punishment during their schooldays, the motivation could be rather different. They already...
Perhaps the most striking feature of these accounts is how differently people responded to apparently similar experiences. One person...
There are few questions about schooldays more calculated to revive old memories than this: if a boy had been...