Narrator and point of view

The short story “You can’t touch me” by Blake Morrison is a first-person account of a male character, Ian Goade, of events which concern him, involving him physically coercing a pupil at his school.

Consequently, the narration is very subjective, presenting only the narrator’s point of view on the events:

From what I knew of Campbell, his self-esteem didn’t need building up but stamping down. Perhaps if I’d had him, I could have knocked him into shape – not because I’m a better teacher than my colleagues but because I’m a man, and kids like Campbell lack positive male role models. (ll. 12-16)

Note also that the time of the narration is late August-early September, but the main events took place...