The next summons to the Headmaster’s study came several weeks later, though the sense of inevitability surrounding it made...
There was always a curious science to the school cane — a grim arithmetic known intimately by generations of...
In the decades when school discipline was regarded as an essential pillar of education, the administration of corporal punishment...
I have often found myself wondering how schoolmasters first learned the art of using the cane. Was it something...
I think the majority of boys at my school were spanked, slippered, or caned at least once. Some experienced...
Corporal punishment in schools was experienced very differently depending on the era, the country, the school, and the individual...
Yes, I thought the cane would hurt, and it did hurt an awful lot. In the circumstances, I was...
On the one occasion I was caned, I was taken directly to the Deputy Head, so there was no...
You ask what seems like a very simple question. The simple answer is “Yes!” — but the worst was...
At no school I attended did I ever witness a boy being punished with the slipper after leaving the...
During the 1970s, the routines and disciplinary customs of British secondary schools reflected a markedly different educational culture from...
At Tweedmouth Modern School in Berwick, former pupils recalled the formidable reputation of Miss Buglass, remembered both for the...