I can still remember when I was in Grade One and received a slapping on my hands from my teacher. I remember that afternoon, as it was late in the day and our class was sitting around on the floor, listening to a student teacher who was reading to the class. I guess I may […]
My first punishment
As a young boy, going to school in Scotland in the early 70s, I was punished quite a lot by my teachers. These punishments included spankings, the slipper, tawse and later the cane. Punishments were sometimes given bare, over underpants or, for minor wrongdoing, over trousers. Of all of these beatings, the most memorable was […]
Mrs Anderson
In our days (early 1960s) corporal punishment in schools was very common. Most of the teachers used the cane as the instrument of punishment. I attended one of the strictest schools of London. Obviously, one rule of the school was that every pupils should arrive on time. While I was usually very good academically, I […]
Bare bottom rules
When I was about eight years old my mother became very involved in a local conservative church, Unfortunately for me, the church also ran its own private school through the sixth grade. Since I seemed to always be getting in trouble in the public school system, my mother enrolled me in the more conservative and […]
Disrespect earns a sore bottom
My sixth grade teacher, Miss Anne Faron, was so beautiful that I had a crush on her. At the end of each day, she would dismiss the class and as you walked by her, she would say ‘goodbye’ or ‘have a nice day’ to each student. They would respond with ‘goodbye, Miss Faron’ or something […]
Set straight
All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected and cared for by them as well. I was never a discipline problem at school and could hardly imagine having to be punished by a teacher. However, one day, that all changed. Junior high […]
Paddled in the hallway
When I was a kid (in the early 60s), I got some occasional tastes of maternal discipline. They were invariably the traditional over-the-knee spankings on the seat of the pants. However, when I was in kindergarten, I got a spanking that was somewhat unique. I was quite a live wire at the tender age of […]