As the recollections continued, another pattern slowly emerged. Although many former pupils remembered girls receiving corporal punishment, they also...
Among the many recollections, some memories stood out because they were unusual rather than typical. While most contributors described...
As the recollections continued, the conversation gradually moved beyond individual punishments and began exploring a much wider issue. It...
Reading through these recollections today, it quickly becomes apparent that many former pupils are not simply remembering punishments. They...
Taken together, these recollections form something far more valuable than a collection of isolated memories. They offer a rare...
Every generation looks back on its school days through the lens of its own experiences. Some memories fade with...
Perhaps the most striking feature of these recollections is how differently people remember exactly the same era. Some admitted...
For many people who attended school during the years when corporal punishment was common, the memories are not limited...
Surprisingly, the transition to secondary school often altered pupils’ perceptions of corporal punishment. One former grammar school pupil entered...
Experiences varied enormously depending upon the school, the decade, and perhaps most importantly, the individual teacher. Several former pupils...
For generations, school corporal punishment was defended on the grounds that it served an important purpose. Whether delivered with...
One of the greatest difficulties in discussing school corporal punishment is that pain cannot be measured in the same...