Re: School stories
Steve Hayes <[email protected]>
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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: >> >> >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. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk