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Asked by: Lekbira Juli
hobbies and interests genealogy and ancestryWhat punishments were used in Victorian schools?
Keeping this in view, what were Victorian punishments?
Hanging and transportation were the mainpunishments for serious offences. Prisons served as lock-upsfor debtors and places where the accused were kept beforetheir trial. However, by the Victorian era, prison hadbecome an acceptable punishment for serious offenders and itwas also seen as a means to prevent crime.
Also asked, what did they do in Victorian schools?
Children were often taught by reading and copying thingsdown, or chanting things till they were perfect. In manyVictorian schools pupil-teachers helped with the teaching.The pupil-teachers were boys and girls of 13 and over. After fiveyears of apprenticeship they could themselves becometeachers.
Although most of the Victorian school child'slife was rather dull, the bright light was playtime.Children would play with a wide variety of toys: hoops,tops, skipping ropes and marbles. There would be games of tag,British bulldog, hopscotch, and football, played with aninflated pig's bladder.