Initiation Ceremony
Sandringham never adopted the time-honored tradition of initiation typical of the South African school system. There was, however, widespread bullying characterised by physical and verbal abuse that is common to school environments across the globe.
Initiation was banned by the South African Schools Act in 1996.
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Famous quotes containing the words initiation and/or ceremony:
“Until the end of the Middle Ages, and in many cases afterwards too, in order to obtain initiation in a trade of any sort whatever—whether that of courtier, soldier, administrator, merchant or workman—a boy did not amass the knowledge necessary to ply that trade before entering it, but threw himself into it; he then acquired the necessary knowledge.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)
““Dirty fellow!” exclaimed the Captain, seizing both her wrists, “hark you, Mrs. Frog, you’d best hold your tongue; for I must make bold to tell you, if you don’t, that I shall make no ceremony of tripping you out of the window, and there you may lie in the mud till some of your Monseers come to help you out of it.””
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)