as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment.
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Speaker: You see- you can 't do that, yeah and that 's the other thing, like we used to have the strap in school, that 's like the- the even in school like what you can and can 't do, like the abu-- not the abuse but- you can 't lift a finger to a child. ... Whereas now we- the strap was out there when we were younger. You know- ... There- there 's no discipline. ... You can 't discipline a child ... |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Interviewer: Um, did they give the strap out? Did they do the strap? Speaker: I guess so but I- I don 't think I got the strap at school, but I got the strap at home sometimes. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Interviewer: Was it different in school as well ah strap, and more discipline and more Speaker: Yeah the strap was it. Interviewer: Did you ever get the strap? Speaker: No. Very few girls did. I got spanked once, by Miss-B, but Interviewer: Do you remember what you did? Speaker: Talking in school. (laughing) Interviewer: ... Do you remember boys getting the strap though? Speaker: Yeah, it was a big procedure, because they would bring a great big- what seemed like a huge black leg-- ledger and they 'd write your name in, and they would have the strap, and they would strap the child in front of the class, which I don 't think was necessary. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
Speaker: I mean that 's what discipline is. A lot of discipline is to frighten you into towing the line. Interviewer: What sorts of things would get a boy in trouble enough to get the strap? Speaker: Um, stealing, destruction, it had to be pretty bad, fighting. But they didn 't use knives. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Interviewer: Did they use the strap when you were in school? Speaker: Was there the strap when I was in school. I never- I never received it and I don 't ever remember hearing anybody having got the- got the belt for doing anything. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Interviewer: Can you remember any like terrible [teachers]? Speaker: Well there were few guys with l-- th-- at that time the strap still existed and you-know p-- Interviewer: Did you get the strap? Speaker: I didn 't get the strap. I got spanked once by a teacher, which would be entirely inappropriate today, but um you- know some of them had anger-management-problems, let 's just put it that way. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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No, they 're afraid to (inc) and they don 't do the strap anymore, and I 've had clients that said "Boy, once I got that strap, I was afraid to get it again." |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
... I finally said well, "What do the letters T-T-C stand for?" Ah, the answer of course was Toronto-toilet-cleaners. You-know it was a kid 's joke, the- the whole class just roared with laughter, so she ordered me out of the class into the hall and then she came out and gave me the strap. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
... the guy behind me, I d-- he prob-- he probably did it- stepped on my heel. And of course I stumbled out of the line, so the teacher grabbed me, I got the strap for that. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
Uh, one time I did deserve to get a strap, I got a terrible one where another kid and I had a fist fight in the school yard in recess, and uh, well you- know they have a teacher was monitor, so he grabbed the both of us, and put us up in front of his class, I guess to embarrass us and give his class entertainment, so he gave both of us strap, one after the other back and forth, and ho- that was the worst beating I ever had in my life ... I was so sore, terrible beating. Well, that was the worst one I had. But, once I got into high-school I never had the strap again. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Interviewer: So did you ah- now did you change your parenting methods though compared to your parents or? Speaker: Yeah I- I guess. I didn't- used the hand a few times but didn't have the strap. There's a couple of- of children that needed to be tuned in. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
I-mean the- the things now its just so tight but I- I think that back then there was more discipline like family discipline than there is now. ... you-know my dad had a- a strap about so wide and so long and I had it a few times. I don't think it really did all that much damage so. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Speaker: I can remember getting in real kaka one day for throwing snowballs at the girls across the line. ... Interviewer: So how bad was the kaka? Speaker: Oh not bad, I ah- I never did get the strap. This was back in the strap days. ... I went to school in the strap days, I never got the strap so I wasn't that bad a guy really. (laughs) I never got the strap ... |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
... I can remember her taking me in to the principal, ... and I can remember sitting there waiting, like I was sure I was gonna get the strap. ... I was scared. 'Cause I was- I was small. I ca-- can't remember what grade it was. But I was scared. I I figured I was gonna get 'er. And I- I don't remember a bit what he said to me or if he said anything to me or- or-what. All I kn-- all I remember is that I did not get the strap. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
Interviewer: Did you think you were going to be sent home? Speaker: No I don't think so, no. I thought the strap was the thing (laughs). ... But I never did get the strap, nope. And I spent nine years there, at Queen-Alex from kindergarten right through grade-eight and I never- no I never had the strap. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
Speaker: Mom probably woulda had a little bit to say. ... She was the disciplinarian. ... I got the sorta strap from her. ... I can remember getting a- a- a little like- we'd would- she'd make us go out and pick a- a- a little ... stick off the maple-tree, and we'd get the whack- we'd get whacked over our bare bums with that. Ah- or the wooden-spoon. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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I 'member in- like when I went to Otomby-Valley-School, so that was about grade-six or so, but there was kids getting the strap but I never did. Yeah. Um but they'd take- they'd um have to go to the principal's office and then they'd say, "I got the strap." or-something. Yeah |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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A girl and I were doing the boards and she touched this drawing in Miss-Hayward's room, with wet hands and Miss-Hayward noticed it, more-or-less that I did it, and I said, "No I didn't do it." And the other girl, "Oh yes she did." And I didn't but- and I also got the strap. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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Speaker: Oh I got in trouble at King-George though. I threw a snowball and hit a w-- I was supposed to hit a person but I hit the window and broke the window. Interviewer: Oh good move Lee! Speaker: Yeah and that's when they gave you the strap. I remember that. Interviewer: Oh so you got it? You got the strap. ... Cross my hands, you have to hold it out like this. Interviewer: How many times? Speaker: I only got three times. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |
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You know what? My husband talks about getting the strap, but that was at a different school, but I mean, I don't really remember- I remember it talked about. To say I knew somebody that got it, w-- when I was going to school, no. But my husband is the same age and went to a different school and he said he got the strap. |
as used for flogging. Hence, the application of the strap as an instrument of punishment. |