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Roger
a fair post, but maybe look further into what you have posted,
Although corporal punishment was in place, you have to have safeguards which were also not in place at the time,
believe me having posted on this subject at times in other threads, lets just look at why we are where we are on corporate punishment.
I attended St Pauls RC School( now closed) St Richards primary school, and St Edmunds RC School
in that time I saw teachers throw a child down a set of stairs, shut pupils heads in desk, plus other more violent ways of teaching(if that's the word) and although the schools knew it went on, these teachers continued.
Even down to nuns who were supposed to be religious picking children up by there hair, and open abuse.
I always thought it was just those schools and I had just been unlucky in the ones I attended, but during life in general chat
I found other catholics at the time across the country saw the same.
so although there has to be an alternative, it has to be well thought out, with safeguards
