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Punishment
Simone Aspis: Control
Simone was born in 1969 in Dollis Hill, London. She went to a residential special school in Cheshire from the age of four until sixteen. From there she went on to college and then university.
Here Simone describes a culture of control.
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Transcript
We had very few subjects we learnt and, oh God awful, lots and lots and lots of discipline, very – you know, the whole emphasis seemed to be about control.Explore more
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