Abuse and Context

[Sarah]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Shaun Hately" 
<drednort at a...> wrote:
> On 3 Oct 2004 at 23:17, Amanda wrote:


> 
> > So, my question is actually directed at the British people on the 
> > boards.  What is the current (and even during JKR's time at 
school) 
> > acceptable punnishments for school children? 

At present there is no corporal punishment in state run schools.  My 
son is nearly 15 and has never had it in his school life (1994 - 
present)
I, however, am older than him and just slightly younger than JKR.  
When I was at primary school (elementary aged 5 - 11) in 1977 - 1983 
we DID have corporal punishment.  Our headmaster had a leather 
slipper in his office (not sure if he ever actually used it - stuff 
of legends and all that), but I had a wooden ruler over my knuckles 
several times aged 8 with one particular teacher (who was old-
fashioned and actually taught my mum too).
At high school aged 11 to 16 (1983-1988) we did not have corporal 
punishment, just detention, although one Maths teacher did like to 
throw the blackboard rubber at us when we were being "primadonnas" 
(An all girls school so we were quite prone to that!!)
Sarah xx