Did you go to school in the 60/70/80's?. Don't miss out!
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At my school near Manchester in the 1960's if you forgot your homework you got six strokes of the cane, (Three on each outstretched hand) and sometimes blood would be drawn, and huge blisters form)
You told your mam, and she'd say "Well don't forget your homework then"
The teachers would be in prison now.
You told your mam, and she'd say "Well don't forget your homework then"
The teachers would be in prison now.
Rosscow said:
I went to secondary school in the 90's and had a board rubber thrown at me!
My friend had a hammer thrown at him during a CDT lesson
Our CDT teacher was lethal, he threw metal files and wooden stools at people - this was c.1993-1998My friend had a hammer thrown at him during a CDT lesson
I recall being hit by a blackboard rubber in my first few days of starting secondary school thrown by a physics teacher who was barking mad
Character building my parents called it lol
Born in '82 so late 80s and through the 90s in school/college.
Primary school was run by an 80 year old head teacher from another era. She was incredibly religious and looking back some of the stories she told us as truth were just b*llocks. She also had no qualms with hitting you with whatever was to hand, be it a book in the face or making you take your plimsoll off and whacking you one.
Sadly she had no comprehension of children learning differently and in turn I got a hard time. Nothing interested me, I didn't conform so despite people looking bad at her methods fondly, I had no love loss for the old cow! haha
That said, I think there should be a balance and a lot more discipline in schools. I only ever had chalk thrown at me at secondary school but hey that was Geography and that teacher was bitter he wasn't a pro athlete! haha
Primary school was run by an 80 year old head teacher from another era. She was incredibly religious and looking back some of the stories she told us as truth were just b*llocks. She also had no qualms with hitting you with whatever was to hand, be it a book in the face or making you take your plimsoll off and whacking you one.
Sadly she had no comprehension of children learning differently and in turn I got a hard time. Nothing interested me, I didn't conform so despite people looking bad at her methods fondly, I had no love loss for the old cow! haha
That said, I think there should be a balance and a lot more discipline in schools. I only ever had chalk thrown at me at secondary school but hey that was Geography and that teacher was bitter he wasn't a pro athlete! haha
I do still recall the ruler to the palm of the hands at primary school.
It only happened once, but that was enough for me not to risk it happening again, even though I got let off with only 7 of the 12 allotted smacks. Then again, I was only let off because the head snapped the wooden ruler on the 7th stroke, so it's not as though he'd been holding back!
It only happened once, but that was enough for me not to risk it happening again, even though I got let off with only 7 of the 12 allotted smacks. Then again, I was only let off because the head snapped the wooden ruler on the 7th stroke, so it's not as though he'd been holding back!
My mate Tony beat the teacher up in class because he wanted to cane him.
Edited to add:
A girl I knew was told to stand outside the classroom on the 4th floor so she opened a window, ran downstairs and lay prone on the ground under said window until the teacher saw her.
Edited to add:
A girl I knew was told to stand outside the classroom on the 4th floor so she opened a window, ran downstairs and lay prone on the ground under said window until the teacher saw her.
Edited by Stella Tortoise on Wednesday 20th February 11:47
Narrowly avoided being caned at prep school for repeatedly failing to hand in maths homework on time, which seems a bit Dickensian on reflection.
One of my sister's colleagues dangled a miscreant pupil out of a first floor window by the ankles during a Latin lesson. Straight out of Molesworth, yet this was only about ten years ago. Good to see tradition is being maintained.
One of my sister's colleagues dangled a miscreant pupil out of a first floor window by the ankles during a Latin lesson. Straight out of Molesworth, yet this was only about ten years ago. Good to see tradition is being maintained.
Aaaahhhh...dear old Mrs Cattermole. Head of our junior school in the 70's/80's.
I saw her cane a kid on the stage in front of the school then made him sit in a Mother's Pride bread basket for the rest of the day in the hall with all the other kids looking in at playtime.
I am part of a facebook group for the estate we grew up on and she is often mentioned on there. What she did to kids is talked about on there and it was verging on child abuse, definitely scarred many adults in later life - boys & girls alike.
Hardly a legacy for a teacher is it?
I saw her cane a kid on the stage in front of the school then made him sit in a Mother's Pride bread basket for the rest of the day in the hall with all the other kids looking in at playtime.
I am part of a facebook group for the estate we grew up on and she is often mentioned on there. What she did to kids is talked about on there and it was verging on child abuse, definitely scarred many adults in later life - boys & girls alike.
Hardly a legacy for a teacher is it?
A geography teacher . Mr. Basford (can you imagine what his nickname was?) threw a blackboard duster/rubber at a mate of mine, who caught it with great calmness and panache, and the line of "you can have it back at the end of the lesson Sir..."....
Mr. Basford was speechless... and he never did it again.
Mr. Basford was speechless... and he never did it again.
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