Correction That Corrects: Foreword
Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It i… more
Correction That Corrects is a book on ‘child training’ authored by American Mariam Fredrick in 1925. It i… more
About a year after I first took the position of vice principal, I was married – and, as you might expect, children quickly … more
In a previous contribution to your site, I gave an overview, as it were, of how I came to be the vice-principal of a Christi… more
I thought your readers might be interested in my experience of paddling young ladies’ bottoms at a private Chris… more
Even though I grew up in Europe at a time when spanking was pretty much on the way out, I still experienced it not only at hom… more
According to a recent report in the UK’s Daily Mail, more than nine in ten nursery workers have been told not to use … more
Some of you may have already read my contribution to the Mothers Talking series – I’d like now to tell you about the … more
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, I attended a boarding school in the Midlands region of England, close to the Cheshire b… more
I think I must have been around six years old and in my kindergarten class. It was winter time and I was wearing pantyhose u… more
This happened when I was in eighth grade, which would be in the mid-1980s. I was 13. I’ve changed the teachersR… more
During my lower school and early middle school years, I had a personal tutor to help me with my studies. This teacher was a … more
Many years ago, much to the annoyance of my mother, I used to run upstairs to my bedroom most evenings after school to chan… more
I was in the second year of senior school, so I’d be 12. I needed a new winter coat and one day, when I got home from my l… more
When I was 16 years old, Mom surprised me with my first spanking from her in three years. It came about as a result of a spank… more
When I was eight, I was in Miss Bateman’s class. She was quite a young teacher (although she seemed ancient to us ch… more
When I was 10, I thought all physical discipline would end at our private school, at least for girls. We generally got som… more
I was enrolled in a small private day school in New England in the 40s, when physical discipline was fairly common, or at l… more
The following story was related to our contributor by his father, and comes from his dad’s own boyhood in the late … more
I was at primary school in the 1950s in the north-east of England, where spankings at home and at school were commonplace… more
This is a story about one of the many memorable spankings I got during my schooldays. When I was 13, my father’s wor… more
Mrs Kearns had earned a reputation among both parents and students for being the strictest of disciplinarians who taug… more
This story happened when I was in the third grade. We had just moved from Atlanta to south Georgia, and Mrs Dixon was my new … more
The one and only spanking I received at school was in the fourth grade. I had a very stern teacher, Mrs Price – an old fashio… more
By the time we were in the fifth grade, we were taught music in a very formal way in the private school I attended.
I recall s… more
Sheila Thompson (name changed) was headteacher at a large suburban primary school in the north of England from 1978 to 1… more
The following are all posts from an internet forum set up to support a BBC project called ‘Scotland on Film’… more
I attended a school in the Midlands of England, in the late 70s/early 80s when corporal punishment existed, but was bein… more
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 dismis… more
I grew up in South Africa, where corporal punishment was common up until a few years ago. There was a geography teacher by … more
On the first day of school in third grade, we all got into our new room and settled down. Our teacher, a Mrs Siding, introd… more
When I was about eight years old my mother became very involved in a local conservative church, Unfortunately for me, th… more
I was 10 years old when I first started home school. Actually, I was taught by Mrs Tennison, a lady who lived up the street f… more
You recently asked the question: were teachers taught how to use the cane or tawse as part of their training? A friend of m… more
In our days (early 1960s) corporal punishment in schools was very common. Most of the teachers used the cane as the instr… more
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