English school caning, March 1958 - CORPUN ARCHIVE uksc5803
OAKHAM, England, March 9 (Reuter's.) -- The 18-year-old son of Dan Duryea, villain of the movies, today earned six lashes of the cane -- at his own request. Peter Duryea, prefect at a private school here, got his "six of the best" by slipping out after lights for a dance in town. Four other boys involved also got lashed.
Education: Six of the Best - TIME
Wildman brandished his prized 30-inch Dragon Smoky Malacca, “a very pliant and punishing cane.” “And how many strokes do you advise?” Headmaster Copping asked. Smiling, Wildman suggested “Six...
Six of the best - wipipedia.org
Six of the best is a phrase that refers to a (chiefly British) method of physical punishment. "Six of the best" was a classic punishment for boys. Six strokes or "cuts" are delivered with a cane onto the delinquent's buttocks. The punishment could be given either on the seat of the trousers or shorts, on the briefs, or on the bare bottom.
Stretching Forward to Learn - World Corporal Punishment Research
Those who disappeared to see the Headmaster were known to receive six, and Mr York's 'six of the best' were legendary. Within the school there was little dissent from the use of corporal punishment. My friends and I discussed it at length, wondering about what it was like to give it, who trained the teachers, what was the best way to make it ...
Behave or bend over for the slipper: UK Grammar School life in …
Mr N. announced that he would be getting "six of the best". He was as good as his word. Six deafeningly loud whacks resounded around the room, shattering the silence.
Six of the best! ROGER DOWLING (Editor) - Issuu
The crook-handled rattan cane (as used at King James’s is 32" long and approximately 3/16" diameter and was described as ’the classic swishy cane dreaded by all schoolboys’.
Education: The Cane & the Strap - TIME
A t least one quaint custom of British education has not changed since Tom Brown’s Schooldays: the tradition of “six of the best” for misbehaving pupils. Although the cane and the strap are...
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Tales from the study
I used to fantasize about what it would be like to go over someone’s knee for the slipper or be sent to the headmaster’s study for six-of-the-best with the cane. And, now my fantasy was to come true: or so I hoped. It was all rather unexpected. I was in no way a bad lad, a rebellious teen, or a troublemaker. In fact,
2425. Six of the Best (Original) – illustrated (2007) - YouTube
2017年5月19日 · I can't remember who made this video against corporal punishment ten years ago using my song, but I thought it was about time I put it on my channel.I wrote ...
In Praise of the Cane - Wellred Weekly: Vol. 1, No. 9
Nowadays, the cane has been liberated from the classroom and finds a more welcoming reception in bedrooms across the land and indeed, the globe. Here it is truly at home. No longer limited to the traditional six of the best, a true enthusiast can endure dozens of …