Caning explained as a ‘ritual’

 

‘The British dislike expressing their feelings spontaneously; they prefer ritual, and caning is a sort of ritual. It is something a teacher can use solemnly and deliberately, instead of showing a loss of control by striking out or shouting at a child in sudden anger,’ a journalist wrote in 1973 in an article discussing why the cane was not being used so much in schools.

From the Observer (London), as published in the Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska, United States), 12 February 1973.

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