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By the sixties, the days when a father kept a cane at home in order to deal with his miscreant off-spring were largely over. However, there were exceptions. One boy came to school at the end of the holidays and complained that he had been beaten by his father during the holidays.
Jan 23, 2013 · The conversation in the media yesterday about banning smacking got me thinking about how I was punished when growing up. I was a child of the 70?s/80?s, so things were quite different back then. I remember that dad use to work long hours, so mum was the one left to keep discipline at home.
Oct 5, 2022 · Educational institutions at the time were operating under a 1968 “code of practice” governing the use of corporal punishment, although the official line from successive governments was that they were committed to eventual abolition once “acceptable alternatives” were agreed.
- Neil Munro
Oct 11, 2019 · Yes, I did cane sometimes. However, that was really my ‘nuclear option’. Most of the time, especially with the younger ones, I would give the child a traditional smacked bottom like most of them probably got from mum or dad at home.
- The Tawse
- How The Tawse Was Used on Children
- A Girl's Personal Experience of The Tawse
- Bullying and Punishment
I vividly remember 'the tawse' which was an instrument used to terrify and subdue us at primary schools in Scotland. It was a piece of leather about 28 inches long and 3 inches wide, which was kept folded in half so that it had a permanent crease in the middle. I always understood that the fold increased the speed with which it struck, similar to a...
The child (as young as 6) was made to stand in front of, and to one side of the teacher with his/her hand held out at shoulder height. If the teacher was short or the child tall, the child had to hold their arm out at about waist height. The teacher would then swing the tawse down from their shoulder with all their strength to strike the child on t...
The only occasion on which I received this tawse punishment was at age 9. My mother had taken me to an optician during the morning, where I had had drops put in my eyes to dilate the pupils. On my return to the class that afternoon I could barely see, but it was the day appointed for a hand writing test and I was not allowed to be excused. I had to...
There may have been an 'up' side to this harsh treatment in that there was a total lack of bullying amongst the children themselves. I think this was because we were so united in our fear of the teachers. It was definitely an "us and them" situation and we stuck together. When I hear about the bullying that appears to go on these days, I wonder if ...
Feb 6, 2016 · The former is shocking to read. As the name suggests, it is the record of punishments administered in the school, but it only refers specifically to the use of the cane. Corporal punishment was first recorded in the school in 1966 and was last used in 1982.
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The present Head Teacher still has the school Punishment Book, in which details of canings had to be entered, and the school cane from those days. On occasions when groups of old boys are at the school it is made available for inspection to those interested in its contents.
