Did Hogwarts PHYSICALLY Punish Students? - Harry Potter Theory

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🗓️ 22 April 2022

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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we're discussing Hogwarts and the topic of PUNISHMENT. How are bad students PUNISHED?

If you don't know already, corporal punishment is an old system of punishment that was actually surprisingly common in the school system- that is, until it was banned in 1986 (in the UK at least). Other countries went on to ban it at different points in time, and I think that it may actually still be allowed in some places.It's also worth mentioning that corporal punishment also exists outside of the school system, however the school system will be the focal point of this video.

Corporal punishment involves inflicting physical pain upon someone- and in a school setting it would be administered when students failed to pay attention, or gave professors flak. Though not restricted to these methods, common methods of inflicting pain would involve spanking or paddling- both of which are completely unacceptable.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains audio extracted from videos on the Harry Potter Theory YouTube
0:05.5	channel.
0:10.5	Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.
0:15.8	In today's video I'm going to be discussing a bit of a controversial topic.
0:20.0	It's something that pertains to both the students and professors of Hogwarts, and it's
0:24.4	definitely not something positive.
0:26.6	I am of course talking about corporal punishment.
0:29.6	If you don't know already, corporal punishment is an old system of punishment that was actually
0:34.2	surprisingly common in the school system, that is, until it was banned
0:38.2	in 1986, and the UK at least.
0:41.2	Other countries went on to ban it at different points in time, and I think that it may
0:45.5	actually still be allowed in some places.
0:48.5	It's also worth mentioning that corporal punishment also exists outside of the school system.
0:53.5	However, the school system will be the focal points of this video.
0:57.6	Corporal punishment involves inflicting physical pain upon someone, and in a school setting
1:02.3	it would be administered when students failed to pay attention or gave professors flack.
1:08.0	Though not restricted to these methods, common methods of inflicting pain would involve spanking
1:12.5	or paddling, both of which are completely unacceptable.
1:16.2	Interestingly enough, however, we do actually see instances of corporal punishment in the
1:20.7	Harry Potter story.
1:22.4	Most notably, this style of punishment is exercised by Severus Snape, who would routinely smack students
1:29.0	that were taking the Mickey or failing to listen to his instructions.
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