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Retired NZ high school teacher

I am a retired high school teacher from New Zealand. I retired at the end of 2019 so I thankfully missed out on teaching in a virtual world. I definitely feel for this generation of students now that are having to adapt to learning in this new Covid ...

School corporal punishment [I Received Corporal Punishment At School]

Corporal punishment was in frequent use at my all boys grammar school. Most of the teachers kept canes in their classrooms though some used them much more often than others. In class the cane was given on the hands. If you were sent to the headmaste...

I Received Corporal Punishment At School

When I was younger yeah I think like 6th grade

I Witnessed Corporal Punishment At School

It was abolished a few years after I left and I thought it would lead to worse standards of behavior. I feel I was right. At least the good kids could get on with lessons and bullies feared authority then.

I Witnessed Corporal Punishment At School

Corporal punishment was pretty much everyone's favourite spectator sport at my school

I Witnessed Corporal Punishment At School

I was among the first girls at the school that had been an all boy's establishment until then, the mid 1970s. There were women teachers also but they proved a pretty tough lot, some more than others. I suppose they had to be. They continued cani...

I Received Corporal Punishment At School

I went to Christian school my sophomore year and was given 5 hard swats with a paddle, when I was caught cheating on a test. It was a lot better than the 20 plus swats I got on my bare butt from my mom at home.

I Received Corporal Punishment At School

I WAS caned twice at school. The headmaster was a sadist. Once it was with half the class who had forgotten our homework. The other time, I was lined up in his office with a few other kids, and don't recall why. The pain was excruciating. I (w...

I Believe In Corporal Punishment

Parents should use corporal punishments on boys but not on girls. Boys need stricz parenting. The belt at least.

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