Teachers

The following story was related to our contributor by his father, and comes from his dad’s own boyhood in the late 40s/early 50s. His son has attempted to retell this … Read more

When I was in the fourth grade, I became close friends with two fifth graders. We all were musical, played several instruments, and were confident around just about any instrument. … Read more

This is a story about one of the many memorable spankings I got during my schooldays. When I was 13, my father’s work took him for six months to a … Read more

Mrs Kearns had earned a reputation among both parents and students for being the strictest of disciplinarians who taught first grade at my Texas elementary school during the 1960s. As … Read 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 fashioned educator who took no … Read more

I attended a primary school in the 1950s, where a tyrant of a headteacher ruled with a long, three-tailed tan-coloured tawse. On my first day, at the age of seven, … Read 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 sitting through class after … Read more

Sheila Thompson (name changed) was headteacher at a large suburban primary school in the north of England from 1978 to 1985 – a year before corporal punishment was abolished in … Read more

I attended a school in the Midlands of England, in the late 70s/early 80s when corporal punishment existed, but was being phased out gradually. Only the headmaster at the upper … Read more

I grew up in South Africa, where corporal punishment was common up until a few years ago. There was a geography teacher by the name of Mrs Botha, who was … Read 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, introduced herself and talked about what … Read more

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 … Read 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 from us. We had just … Read more

You recently asked the question: were teachers taught how to use the cane or tawse as part of their training? A friend of mine saw this on the internet and … Read more

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 … Read more

I was raised in the rural south of the United States, when paddling was an everyday event at school. I was fascinated with the women doing the paddling for as … Read 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 bottom when I was real … Read 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 included spankings, the slipper, tawse and … Read more

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

Many years ago, I worked in the front office of an elementary school. My duties were fairly simple: filing, answering the telephone, duplicating documents for the teachers and other basic … Read 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, as it was late in the … Read 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 and she administered it … Read more

I went to a Catholic school in the 70s and early 80s, where the teachers still believed in corporal punishment – and believed in it fairly often. Usually, about once … Read 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 female … Read more

The school cafeteria served the same frozen hamburger patty every day –only the name changed, to imply variety. One day we ate chopped steak, the next day chuck wagon steak, … Read more

I grew up in small southern town in the mid 70s. Our elementary school used corporal punishment, and back then it was never even given a second thought. When I … Read 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 UK government in the late … Read 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 grade and had never … Read 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 unruly … Read more