Yesterday I watched the first episode of the good old BBC saga “I, Claudius”. Among other things that were hot in a very Roman way, there was a monologue from Tiberius, about how he used to be strict with his soldiers, and still he was sure he liked him.

He said: “Oh yes, I drilled and flogged them - but I drilled and flogged their officers too.”

Apart from my ears perking up on the word “flog” (it doesn’t take much to get my attention!), I also got this image of two young teachers sharing rumours about the Head of a school they have just started work at.

“Of course, he’s strict with the girls,” one of them would whisper to the other, “but they say he’s even stricter with the staff. They say, the girls respect them all the more for it.”
The other teacher, the old girl of the same school, would surreptitiously touch her bottom, and give her friend a rueful smile.

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