Dumfries Academy
My secondary school career lasted five years culminating in SCE Higher Grade in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English and Russian - I also studied Art, but failed.
| When |
Sep 01, 1967
to
Jul 31, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Where | Dumfries, Scotland |
Reflection: The experience of the tawse, and especially the effect on my friend, not only cemented an opposition to corporal punishment, but set in train a critique of the system itself.
I also played rugby, the french horn, sang in the choir and dabbled in the debating society.
My strongest memory is of being reported by a prefect for talking in prayers (hadn't started, so I thought it OK). I was strapped on the hand with a tawse, as was my friend who then proceeded to faint in the playground as we made our way to the next lesson. Suffering from blood pressure issues, the tawse had triggered a physiological reaction.
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