Any well run school requires discipline and discipline at the Muir Academy is no different to any English public school in the mid 1950s. The cane, strap, birch, belt, slipper, martinet and paddle are all used. Non-corporal punishment is also used - detention, lines, standing in a corner or helping the domestic staff with chores.
When corporal punishment is used, the four rules of corporal punishment apply:
1. I will count each stroke. If I miscount or you do not hear, you will begin again.
2. I will not adjust my clothing or rise from my position without permission, or you will begin again.
3. I will not rub my bottom or hands after punishment, or you will begin again.
4. I will thank the corrector on completion of the punishment, or you will begin again
Repeat!
A wonderful selection for line-writing punishment...perhaps 100 repetitions (prior to or following correction)?
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