Caned by the Headmaster!

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The boy in this case is aged 14. A teacher is liable to instant dismissal for infringing the punishment regulations. When the rest of the class had gone, she took me into the small science prep room, and said that she had intended to send me to the headmaster to be caned, but had decided to punish me herself. I was very relieved at first, because although I had never been caned, I knew boys who had and I knew that it would be awful. Mrs. Johnson took a large gym slipper from the shelf and told me to face the wall. “Take your pants down,” she said. Obediently, I dropped my trousers to my ankles – and then hesitated. “Get those down as well, and touch your toes.” Feeling terribly embarrassed, I took down my underpants as well and bent over as instructed.

IT IS not use of the cane we are quarrelling with, but examples of inexcusable brutality. The kind of place where this sort of thing is normal will make criminals rather than cure them.The decision follows a Newsight report in the Daily Mail last Friday detailing punishments of four boys at the school on one day in April. A good-natured, friendly and mischievous youngster. Though one of the quieter members of the group his good-humoured sense of fun tended to get him into trouble for 'impertinence,' but he has not been a disciplinary problem. He responded easily to friendly interest and encouragement."

There are 123 approved schools in Britain, most of them run by voluntary bodies. Many are astonishingly successful, happy places. Among the headmasters and mistresses are numbers of skilful, dedicated people who show continual patience in spite of perpetual disappointments. There was talk of abolishing approved schools and replacing them with various types of homes and schools under the control of local councils. The former teacher says he has since passed on details of two further alleged incidents reported to him by a teacher still at the school.Great minds definitely think alike when it comes to the discipline of those cheeky young Stinglads, Ethan! The Hearing: When the Headmaster of St Andrew's Comprehensive School discovers that four of his upper sixth form girls have been shoplifting, he decides that corporal punishment is called for. All four girls are summoned to his study and sentenced to six strokes of the cane. However, after the first three girls have been disciplined, Corinne Wright, the ringleader of the group, refuses to be caned and walks out of the Headmaster's office, going home completely unpunished.

Mr. Gibbens's appointment follows the disclosure in the Daily Mail Newsight article on May 5 that a master had taken photographs of boys who had been beaten at the school, which is in Surrey. There have been well substantiated reports of this kind before. A staff member alleges that it is happening all the time. a glimpse of his underwear over the waist of his jeans. And what a treat we hen we get to see his tight dark grey underwear. Would have been great to have some more photos ( a lot more) of Ryan in his tight underwear. He changed his mind after talking things over with his wife and decided "the interests of the boys must come first." But there appear to be other establishments which are doing the community a bad turn. The Home Office should make a very searching inquiry into the whole system.He took the pictures because he was increasingly concerned at the severity with which "maladjusted and emotionally disturbed boys" were beaten.