Punishment Book

These are extracts from the school's Punishment Book. They show how many strokes of the cane were given to the child for each offence.
Page 1:
Date Offence Strokes
9.3.36
Sent by Teacher for misbehaviour.
Repeated warnings have been given
2
10.3.36 Very untidy work.
This has been continuing for some time.
1
8.5.36 Remaining in from PT without asking permission 1
11.5.36 Disgraceful writing in Exercise Book.
Not rewriting as he was asked to do.
2
12.5.36 Eating sweets and after giving them to the teacher
boasting he had not given them all up
1
Other extracts:
Date Offence Strokes
3.11.36 Lying 2
25.6.40 Truant
Truant
4
4
28.8.40 Insolence 2 on hands
several on rear
28.9.40 Bullying
Bullying
1
1
7.4.54 Theft from school cupboard 2
30.9.54 Vulgar abuse and attack on member of staff
Running away to escape punishment
4
13.5.55 Deliberate disobedience of School Safety Regulations (this was described by the offender during an interview in 2001 as "climbing over school fence to retrieve football during playtime") 2
Other offences that warranted physical punishment included:
Petty theft Swearing
Disobedience Lies
Rudeness Passing indecent note
Noise in class Improper behaviour during assembly
The most common offence was disobedience as shown in this graph:
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