Harrow The School on the Hill, Season 1., Episode 1. Starting Out

 It is from the Documentary series called Harrow The School on the Hill, Season 1., Episode 1. Starting Out (United Kingdom 2001) Birch - No actually spanking.

The shot of the birch, combined with those subtitles, serves as a visual demonstration for the school's history and its reputation for strict tradition. 

The narrator in the subtitles mentions that ideas of bullying, cold showers, and "Tom Brown’s school days" (a famous novel about the harsh boarding school life in the 19th century) are long gone. They show the birch as a symbol of old-fashioned corporal punishment. 

At elite British schools like Harrow or Eton, a bundle of birch twigs (a birch) was historically used for corporal punishment. It was an official, highly ritualized form of punishment. It persisted in British private schools much longer than in state schools, in some cases lasting until the late 1960s. 

The reference to "Tom Brown’s School Days" in the subtitles refers to Thomas Hughes' novel, which defined the stereotypical image of harsh English boarding school life—complete with cruel older bullies and strict masters. English language and subtitles https://ok.ru/video/10825102461627 and https://vkvideo.ru/video-229942838_456239602?list=ln-yoP1WB0xechzRBoOXk 









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