Rojas, V. (2011). ‘I’d rather be hit with a stick… Grades are sacred’: students’ perceptions of discipline and authority in a public high school in Peru. Working Paper, 70. Oxford: Young Lives.

This working paper discusses views and experiences of discipline and punishment in everyday schooling among a group of boys and girls aged between 14 and 16 years old, who are attending a public high school in an urban Andean city in Peru. It draws on data collected using a range of a qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews with students, their parents, teachers and headteacher; group discussions with students; and class-, school- and home-based observations.