Teachers

Spankings were a part of my upbringing from my first memories as a little girl until I graduated from high school. Both at … more

As a Catholic schoolgirl of the 50s, I was introduced to Sister Rose and the yardstick in seventh grade.

The first day of t… more

Growing up in rural Carolina in the 1970s meant a taste of ‘paddle medicine’ from the teacher for misbehav… more

In September, I started grade one at Alexandra School. I had a big crush on my teacher, Miss Thompson, and I worked hard to … more

In my junior school in the late 50s, corporal punishment was in use for various offences, by all the teachers, but the mos… more

It happened in school. And it changed my life entirely.

The teacher came into the class and she was furious. The exercise … more

In the 1970s, I attended a boys grammar school in the south-east of England. We had all the traditions of such schools – un… more

I was in 6th grade. The private school I went to in the late 50s believed in and practiced corporal punishment. It was what … more

When I was at school in Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1960s, the great shame for us boys was having other people see our u… more

When I was about 10, we used to have one afternoon where our form teacher would read stories to us. We would all sit around h… more

Although it was long ago, I still remember my fourth grade teacher, Mrs Redman.

She was just out of college and the most be… more

I attended a small private high school in the south during the 70s where corporal punishment was the preferred method of … more

I went to school in England in the early 1960s, at a time when corporal punishment was very common. I was beaten quite freq… more

I attended a boys’ grammar school in the North of England in the 1960s. Corporal punishment was widely used. Most … more