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Subject: Re: The Boys' Reformatory


Author:
Stan
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Date Posted: 15:07:11 07/15/17 Sat
In reply to: Stan 's message, "The Boys' Reformatory" on 14:58:21 07/15/17 Sat

If you click on the link below, you'll see the photo that inspired my story "The Boys' Reformatory". I found it on the Corpun.com website and the text that accompanied the photo indicated that it was taken in 1956 at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster, Ohio.

As I observed the conservatively dressed man holding that awesome strap in front of him, I wondered what thoughts were going through his mind. Was he recalling the terrifying screams of the last student he had punished with that strap? Or was he thinking about the many other boys at the school who had yet to receive the benefits of "moral instruction" with the punishment strap?

I imagine the people employed at that institution found it a rewarding experience guiding their young charges toward a socially acceptable way of life by literally "impressing" society's values into their buttocks.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-psLmcxqxvaY/TiXrGVJ2m7I/AAAAAAAAAjw/8KJ0_JJS_ro/s1600/the+wordwright.org.jpg

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to Stan
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Date Posted: 11:05:42 07/18/17 Tue

>If you click on the link below, you'll see the photo
>that inspired my story "The Boys' Reformatory". I
>found it on the Corpun.com website and the text that
>accompanied the photo indicated that it was taken in
>1956 at the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster, Ohio.
>
>As I observed the conservatively dressed man holding
>that awesome strap in front of him, I wondered what
>thoughts were going through his mind. Was he recalling
>the terrifying screams of the last student he had
>punished with that strap? Or was he thinking about the
>many other boys at the school who had yet to receive
>the benefits of "moral instruction" with the
>punishment strap?
>
>I imagine the people employed at that institution
>found it a rewarding experience guiding their young
>charges toward a socially acceptable way of life by
>literally "impressing" society's values into their
>buttocks.
>
>
>http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-psLmcxqxvaY/TiXrGVJ2m7I/AAAAA
>AAAAjw/8KJ0_JJS_ro/s1600/the+wordwright.org.jpg


Punishment in our boarding school for LITTLE transgressions
- https://68.media.tumblr.com/004be20726b073417b6208725a984700/tumblr_o7wvyzKBps1v4e1tmo1_1280.jpg
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Author:
The Lone Stranger
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Date Posted: 13:11:29 07/22/17 Sat

Now, why don't YOU write a story of your own to go with the photo you provided!


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