Sentence examples for older pupil from inspiring English sources

Punishments included "the cut" – being beaten on the backside by an older pupil with a rope instead of the cane, which cut the skin.

I recall that a lucky older pupil had been given time off double maths to tour all the classes with a box of poppies.

Meanwhile, she was struggling to get an education at the Hollywood school, where she developed a crush on an older pupil, John Derek, the first recorded instance of her interest in the opposite sex.

Being an older pupil, you are supposed to be a role model to others.

There are lots of opportunities for older pupils to lead, coach and officiate younger pupils.

With some older pupils, it's not the speaking out that's the problem.

The older pupils are jammed 80 to a classroom, with a single teacher.

So-called "bridge classes," in which older pupils tutored younger ones, have largely been disbanded.

There was talk of blackmail and predatory older pupils encouraged by abusive teachers.

Even more amazingly, Indian schools used an "economical" teaching method whereby older pupils taught younger ones.

For older pupils, he says, exams test not just phonetic skills but also comprehension, and are harder.