The Mystery of the School Slipper: Size, Origin, and Legend One of the most frequently discussed aspects of school...
For many pupils who attended British schools during the era when corporal punishment was commonplace, caning was an accepted—if...
For many thirteen-year-olds, the initial shock of receiving a school caning may soon have given way to a sense...
Many people who never experienced school caning often wonder what it actually felt like. Those who lived through it...
“You may find this difficult to believe,” the Headmaster said in a measured voice, “but what I am about...
“Lines, Spockings? No, I do not believe in wasting time with meaningless punishments,” the Headmaster said sternly. “When a...
Thoroughly intimidated, I stepped into the Headmaster’s study feeling as though I were walking through a dream. My nerves...
I had never before been summoned to the Headmaster’s study, so I first had to discover where it was....
Boys found guilty of serious misdemeanours or repeated offences could expect to be sent before the Headmaster for a...
For me, punishments at primary school were something of an unknown quantity. Later, at secondary school, there was usually...
Although I never received the cane while at primary school, nor experienced school corporal punishment from a male teacher,...
My experience of corporal punishment at school comes primarily from being on the receiving end of it throughout my...