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generations ago. When Grandfather was a boy, it was six of the bestfor doing practically nothing at all. Origins of the phrase are unknown. It is known to have been used in England from around 1700 onwards and means six sharp flogs with a cane or the hand, generally on the posterior. Corporal punishment in British state schools, and also in private schools receiving any element of public funding, was banned by parliament in 1987. In the remaining private schools it was banned in 1999 in England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 in Northern Ireland. Since corporal punishment has been made illegal in all schools in England the phrase is seldom heard for anything but comic value.
SIXTH
Sixth form - выпускной класс в любой английской школе
The top form in any British school. I n the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, where students (typically between sixteen and eighteen years of age) prepare for their A-level examinations. The first five years of English secondary schooling were previously known as forms. Those who stayed on at school to study for A-levels moved up into the sixth form, which was divided into the Lower Sixth and the Upper Sixth. I n some private schools, the term Middle Sixth was used in place of Upper Sixth, with the latter being used for those who stayed on for an extra term to take the entrance examinations that were previously set for candidates to Oxford or Cambridge universities.
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