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Subject: Re: The Boys' Reformatory Author: to Stan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:05:42 07/18/17 Tue In reply to: Stan 's message, "Re: The Boys' Reformatory" on 15:07:11 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/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 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: The Boys' Reformatory Author: The Lone Stranger [ Edit | View ] 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!