Fake news: Back in short trousers
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Back in Short Trousers at
Brocklehurst High
EXCLUSIVE Brocklehurst Bugle
(Photograph posed by models)
Boys up to the age of eighteen and beyond at Brocklehurst
High will be made to wear short trousers as part of their school uniform from
next term.
It is part of a new disciplinary regime that also sees the
return of the whippy crook-handled rattan cane.
New headmaster Dr. GOF Powell made the announcement this
week in a letter to parents of the 750 boys-only school.
Dr. Powell told the Brocklehurst
Bugle in an interview, “The boys need to know that they are not yet adults.
They are children and they should be treated as such. Wearing short trousers
will be a constant reminder of that.
“They should also respect adults at all times and obey
instructions.”
Dr. Powell became headmaster in January with the remit from
school governors to “tighten up discipline”.
He said that after the government announced it would allow
schools to reintroduce corporal punishment, Brocklehurst High wrote a new code
of conduct.
“Boys will be left in no doubt about the consequences if
they do not adhere to the rules,” he said.
Dr. Powell is on record as a strong supporter of the cane.
He was one of a number of educationalists who lobbied for its reintroduction.
He told the Brocklehurst
Bugle the cane could be used on boys of all ages, but he intended to target
the eldest pupils in the sixth-form first.
“We have pupils who are eighteen years old and they have no
idea how they are supposed to behave. There are only a few months before they
leave school so we do not have time to waste. They must know that I will not
hesitate to deliver a sound six-of-the-best across the backside of any
sixth-former – including the prefects – if I deem they deserve such
punishment.”
The new rulings have largely been welcomed by parents. Mrs.
Alison Golightly, the chairwoman of the school’s Parent Teacher Association,
told the Brocklehurst Bugle, “I think
many parents will welcome the reintroduction of the cane. My own son is
completely out of control at home. I have no husband and I hope the headmaster
will beat some manners into him.”
Boys at the school had mixed reactions to the introduction
of short trousers. Oliver Bateman-Manning, aged 18, the head boy of the school,
said it might be good to wear short trousers in the hot summer months, but
“they will freeze our knees off in winter”.
Another sixth-former who did not wish to be named said,
“Short trousers can be very sexy. Of course, it depends on a boy’s legs and
bum.”
Senior boys welcomed news of the reintroduction of the cane.
John Herbert, aged 18, said, “Discipline has been poor for many years. A sore
backside is a small price to pay if we get good A-level grades and get to a top
university.”
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