Teachers

I attended a school in the Midlands of England, in the late 70s/early 80s when corporal punishment existed, but was bein… 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

I was raised in the rural south of the United States, when paddling was an everyday event at school. I was fascinated with … more

I grew up in the mid-west in the 1970s. Fortunately for me, my mom was not into spanking. I got the occasional swat on the bo… more

As a young boy, going to school in Scotland in the early 70s, I was punished quite a lot by my teachers. These punishments i… more

As a boy in secondary school, I went in fear of the tawse, which was administered with enthusiasm by the deputy head. I sho… more

Many years ago, I worked in the front office of an elementary school. My duties were fairly simple: filing, answering th… more

I can still remember when I was in Grade One and received a slapping on my hands from my teacher. I remember that afternoon… more

By the time I was in the 7th grade, I had been paddled only one time previously by a teacher (in 4th grade). That one stung an… more

I went to a Catholic school in the 70s and early 80s, where the teachers still believed in corporal punishment – and belie… more

I was at a grammar school from 1967 to 1972. I was not good at French and found it very tedious.

But in my second year, we had a … more

The school cafeteria served the same frozen hamburger patty every day –only the name changed, to imply variety. One day … more

I grew up in small southern town in the mid 70s. Our elementary school used corporal punishment, and back then it was neve… more

The school my mother sent me to was one of the few to continue using corporal punishment right up to the complete ban by the … more

I grew up in Florida in the late 70s. At this point in time, spankings were not expected but still common. I was in the 6th gr… more

I was raised as an only child and my mother always tried to be more of a friend than a mother. By the age of 13, I had become unr… more

When I was really young, about five years old, I attended kindergarten at my neighbourhood public school. Now, I’… more

When I was at school, I was a good boy and rarely got into any kind of trouble. One day, however, I was playing with my friend … more

When I was in the second grade, it was fairly common for a child to be paddled for wrongdoing.

Well, one time I lied to a teac… more

I started to attend a local infants school, at the age of five, in 1951. I was generally well behaved but was occasionally … more

In the 1946-47 school year, going to the city schools in the Upper South, my second grade teacher was Ms Lucille, who happ… more

When I was a kid (in the early 60s), I got some occasional tastes of maternal discipline. They were invariably the tradit… more

When I was 11 years old I moved to a new school. My new teacher was called Miss Cawthorne. She was a tall, well-dressed lady … more

My story begins in elementary school in the north east of the US. My parents weren’t much for handing out punishme… more

All of my school life, I was an enthusiastic and bright student. I loved and respected my teachers, and felt respected an… more

I grew up in the southeastern United States in the 60s and 70s. My math-science teacher in seventh grade was a young and at… more

In seventh grade, my friend Kelly and I had PE together. Neither of us was the atheletic type, so it was somewhat torture t… more