Comments on: Corporal Punishment http://twopointouch.com/2008/stuff/corporal-punishment/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 30 May 2011 20:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ian Delaneyhttp://twopointouch.com/2008/stuff/corporal-punishment/#comment-12332 Ian Delaney Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:44:13 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2008/02/25/corporal-punishment/#comment-12332 Antony - In my case, most teachers deferred beatings to the senior management. Some, however, used it as a way to increase their personal authority. One guy had a custom-made rubber slipper-shape for extra stinginess. Again, I'm not convinced that we were harmed. Kids are pretty springy and rebellious, and it's possible we were more rebellious because these bastards were in charge. Stuart - can I touch you? Antony — In my case, most teachers deferred beatings to the senior management. Some, however, used it as a way to increase their personal authority. One guy had a custom-made rubber slipper-shape for extra stinginess. Again, I’m not convinced that we were harmed. Kids are pretty springy and rebellious, and it’s possible we were more rebellious because these bastards were in charge.

Stuart — can I touch you?

]]> By: Stuart Brucehttp://twopointouch.com/2008/stuff/corporal-punishment/#comment-12323 Stuart Bruce Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:44 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2008/02/25/corporal-punishment/#comment-12323 A friend of mine (Bernard Atha) appeared in Kes playing a teacher. It's a great film. A friend of mine (Bernard Atha) appeared in Kes playing a teacher. It’s a great film.

]]> By: Antony Mayfieldhttp://twopointouch.com/2008/stuff/corporal-punishment/#comment-12321 Antony Mayfield Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:09:42 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2008/02/25/corporal-punishment/#comment-12321 Aye - I remember it as something that had only recently been dismissed when I got to secondary school. The idea and the folk memory in the playground made myths of it... it may not ave been policy, but the spectre of a beating still hung above ius in the 80s. Ugh. I think that the reality of CP was that it was often used to vent some teachers' frustrations rather than as part of a measured, effective programme of discipline. Aye — I remember it as something that had only recently been dismissed when I got to secondary school. The idea and the folk memory in the playground made myths of it… it may not ave been policy, but the spectre of a beating still hung above ius in the 80s.

Ugh. I think that the reality of CP was that it was often used to vent some teachers’ frustrations rather than as part of a measured, effective programme of discipline.

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