Re: School stories

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 18:00:06 +0100, Janet <[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, 
>[email protected] says...
>> 
>> On 2 Apr 2026 19:33:18 GMT, rbowman <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> >On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:33:56 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
>> >
>> >> Both Kipling and Lewis wrote about Edwardian English public schools.
>> >> 
>> >> Lewis also mentioned schools in his fiction, most notably in "The Silver
>> >> Chair", where he describes authoritarianism in what was ostensibly a
>> >> libertarian school.
>> >
>> >Kipling wrote about the hazing of the younger students by the older ones. 
>> >In 'Surprised by Joy' Lewis strongly hints there was a sexual element.
>> 
>> Lewis doesn't merely hint. He says quite clearly that there was sexual
>> exploitation at the school he attended. There were not merely
>> adolescent crushes, but there was systemic exploitation as well. 
>
>
>   I'd be surprised if Kilpling used the term hazing,  or was referring 
>to that American activity.  He was probably talking about  the  
>different British custom fagging 
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagging 

I have only a vague idea of what "hazing" is, and assumed it meant
something like what was euphemistically called "fresher orientation"
at one of the universities I attended, in which new students were
humiliated in various ways to make them understand that they were
lower than shark shit. 


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