Not basket-weaving: How tech schools saved kids and built Australia

He was, however, extremely bright. Everyone recognised it straight away. He spent his life in a hurry, leading his mates on merry adventures and forever tinkering with things to make them work: motors, electrical switches, wirelesses, go-karts, motorbikes …

That didn’t cut it at boarding school, where Tim’s parents, like a lot of country people those days, sent him for an education.

A schoolmaster decided he would whip Tim into shape. Literally.

In his first term of secondary school, Tim was given “the cuts” – six thwacks of a strap to the hand – every day. For rushing when he was supposed to walk; for failing to finish assignments; for answering questions he wasn’t asked; for failing to understand what was required of him.

Fuente: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/not-basket-weaving-how-tech-schools-saved-kids-and-built-australia-20180517-p4zfw9.html