Did you go to school in the 60/70/80's?. Don't miss out!

[alfie2244]

bristolracer said:

Didn't mind getting the cane or tolley or slipper.
All over and done with in 2 minutes, stung a bit but far better than sitting in detention for hours, or writing lines out.

Golf ball in slipper or cane on the tip of the fingers added to the experience.

[anonymous-user]

DoubleD said:

I wonder what made her think that hitting someone was acceptable behaviour.

Loads of people think it's acceptable. Even to the extent of being nostalgic about it.

[Cold]

desolate said:

DoubleD said:

I wonder what made her think that hitting someone was acceptable behaviour.

Loads of people think it's acceptable. Even to the extent of being nostalgic about it.

I never received the cane or slipper. The knowledge that it was available as a punishment was a good deterrent for me not to be a little st.

Still got lots of detention and lines though - and not today's namby pamby 20-minutes-during-lunchtime-once-the-idea-has-been-approved-by-the-parents detention.
But a same-day-at-least-a-whole-hour-after-school-meaning-you'd-miss-the-bus detention.

[DoubleD]

Cold said:

desolate said:

DoubleD said:

I wonder what made her think that hitting someone was acceptable behaviour.

Loads of people think it's acceptable. Even to the extent of being nostalgic about it.

I never received the cane or slipper. The knowledge that it was available as a punishment was a good deterrent for me not to be a little st.

Still got lots of detention and lines though - and not today's namby pamby 20-minutes-during-lunchtime-once-the-idea-has-been-approved-by-the-parents detention.
But a same-day-at-least-a-whole-hour-after-school-meaning-you'd-miss-the-bus detention.

Schools get parents to approve a lunchtime detention?

[bristolracer]

alfie2244 said:

bristolracer said:

Didn't mind getting the cane or tolley or slipper.
All over and done with in 2 minutes, stung a bit but far better than sitting in detention for hours, or writing lines out.

Golf ball in slipper or cane on the tip of the fingers added to the experience.

Across the hands or fingers was a killer, across the arse was easy.
I can see why beating the soles of your feet is used as torture.

In a time poor boarding school environment time was valuable, so just hit me and give me back my freedom everytime.

Every Catholic boarding school had a Father Jack who having become disillusioned with faith and finding solace in the bottom of a bottle would enjoy beating little boys as a distraction.

And they its the happiest days.......

[Lemming Train]

DoubleD said:

Its not about being snowflakes. You are obviously doing something very wrong if you feel the need to hit someone. Would you think it ok if your girlfriend or wife came home from work and her boss had hit her? No, so what makes hitting kids ok?

Here we go.

Take your opinions over to the "why are people so offended?" thread where they belong please rather derailing this one. These shenanigans were the norm for those of us who were at school during that period and in 4 pages you're the only person jumping on your soapbox about it .

[DoubleD]

Lemming Train said:

DoubleD said:

Its not about being snowflakes. You are obviously doing something very wrong if you feel the need to hit someone. Would you think it ok if your girlfriend or wife came home from work and her boss had hit her? No, so what makes hitting kids ok?

Here we go.

Take your opinions over to the "why are people so offended?" thread where they belong please rather derailing this one. These shenanigans were the norm for those of us who were at school during that period and in 4 pages you're the only person jumping on your soapbox about it .

You can do the roll eyes things as much as you like, but it doesnt make hitting children a right or clever thing to do. If you dont like my posts then I suggest you ignore them.

[anonymous-user]

Lemming Train said:

Here we go.

Take your opinions over to the "why are people so offended?" thread where they belong please rather derailing this one. These shenanigans were the norm for those of us who were at school during that period and in 4 pages you're the only person jumping on your soapbox about it .

It's a bit weird that people think it was a good thing though, isn't it?

[Lemming Train]

DoubleD said:

Lemming Train said:

DoubleD said:

Its not about being snowflakes. You are obviously doing something very wrong if you feel the need to hit someone. Would you think it ok if your girlfriend or wife came home from work and her boss had hit her? No, so what makes hitting kids ok?

Here we go.

Take your opinions over to the "why are people so offended?" thread where they belong please rather derailing this one. These shenanigans were the norm for those of us who were at school during that period and in 4 pages you're the only person jumping on your soapbox about it .

You can do the roll eyes things as much as you like, but it doesnt make hitting children a right or clever thing to do. If you dont like my posts then I suggest you ignore them.

And if you don't like the content of a thread then I suggest you air your opinions elsewhere rather than ruining it for the majority of readers and contributors who are enjoying sharing their stories and experiences.

[DoubleD]

Lemming Train said:

DoubleD said:

Lemming Train said:

DoubleD said:

Its not about being snowflakes. You are obviously doing something very wrong if you feel the need to hit someone. Would you think it ok if your girlfriend or wife came home from work and her boss had hit her? No, so what makes hitting kids ok?

Here we go.

Take your opinions over to the "why are people so offended?" thread where they belong please rather derailing this one. These shenanigans were the norm for those of us who were at school during that period and in 4 pages you're the only person jumping on your soapbox about it .

You can do the roll eyes things as much as you like, but it doesnt make hitting children a right or clever thing to do. If you dont like my posts then I suggest you ignore them.

And if you don't like the content of a thread then I suggest you air your opinions elsewhere rather than ruining it for the majority of readers and contributors who are enjoying sharing their stories and experiences.

Who says I dont like the content. Like I said, just ignore my posts if you dont like them on what is an open forum.

[Lemming Train]

DoubleD said:

Who says I dont like the content. Like I said, just ignore my posts if you dont like them on what is an open forum.

Your opinions have been noted. Now back on topic and back to the stories.

[DoubleD]

Lemming Train said:

DoubleD said:

Who says I dont like the content. Like I said, just ignore my posts if you dont like them on what is an open forum.

Your opinions have been noted. Now back on topic and back to the stories.

Thanks. And as you are not in charge I will carry on if I feel that I want to.

[anonymous-user]

DoubleD said:

Thanks. And as you are not in charge I will carry on if I feel that I want to.

How old are you DoubleD?
Did this not happen at your school?

[DoubleD]

desolate said:

DoubleD said:

Thanks. And as you are not in charge I will carry on if I feel that I want to.

How old are you DoubleD?
Did this not happen at your school?

I went to school while these things happened, so no, im not a snowflake, or whatever the latest fashionable thing to say is.

[anonymous-user]

Last year of infant school, was 11 back then.
The vicar came into the hall for weekly sermon, went arse over tit on polished floor. Robes over his head. Even the teachers laughed!
But the whole of my year had to hold out hand to be whacked with a ruler.
Was funny though!
Terrible really thinking about it. I thought I would be forgiven

[andy_s]

DoubleD said:

Fallingup said:

Snowflakes nowadays. I look back on it with amusement and nostalgia. Not that I particularly enjoyed getting belted but it didn't bother me. Taught me to behave. For a while anyway.

Edited by Fallingup on Wednesday 20th February 21:01

Its not about being snowflakes. You are obviously doing something very wrong if you feel the need to hit someone. Would you think it ok if your girlfriend or wife came home from work and her boss had hit her? No, so what makes hitting kids ok?

Some people come out of harsh environments stronger, some let it affect them negatively.
Your analogy is a false one to some extent as 'loco parentis' doesn't apply to your wife at work.
I like to think we live in more enlightened times, but rather like the over-thrown despots of late whose countries are now 10x as bad without them, some kids often see 'niceness' as 'weakness' and need, in some cases, a firm guide rather than an unstructured environment.
I'm not pro corporal punishment, but I'm pro people living with some consequence to their actions; that is, after all, what awaits them in life...

[anonymous-user]

DoubleD said:

I went to school while these things happened, so no, im not a snowflake, or whatever the latest fashionable thing to say is.

I wasn't going to say anything like that.
It was ridiculous and counter productive then and whilst I laugh about it now I don't understand why anyone would think it was a good thing.

[DoubleD]

desolate said:

DoubleD said:

I went to school while these things happened, so no, im not a snowflake, or whatever the latest fashionable thing to say is.

I wasn't going to say anything like that.
It was ridiculous and counter productive then and whilst I laugh about it now I don't understand why anyone would think it was a good thing.

Yep weve moved on. Anyway on with the stories.

[andymc]

me and my best mate, pants pulled down by the head mistress and whacked with a slipper, aged about 8 so early 80's, not even a reach around either, obs a lesbian

[Vanordinaire]

I managed to go to school in all three of these decades, 60's 70's and 80's and had the proud distinction of being belted (the tawse, it was in Scotland) several times in each decade.
The first time as a little 5 year old who saw a group of boys running past, joined in, only to be caught almost immediately by the teacher who had been chasing them. I was belted on the spot by the teacher, not for whatever long forgotten deadly sin the boys had been committing, but for lying to the teacher and refusing to admit to whatever it was I was supposed to have done.
After many less memorable beatings in the intervening years, the final time was as a 17 year old who dared to contradict a megalomaniac little of a history teacher who made up for his own inadequacies by bullying kids. He gave me 'six of the best' for refusing to apologise to him and six more every day for the rest of the term till I finally left school as I kept refusing to apologise to him. I still occasionally see him swaggering about if I visit my old home town and it takes all the control I can muster not to give him a slap(didn't do me any harm ha ha).
People of my generation often condone and even fondly reminisce about these glorious times when it was ok for an adult to hit a child in the name of discipline, but in truth, no decent teacher who could earn the respect of their pupils ever needed to resort to physical punishment. It was the weak, the twisted, and inadequate ones who struck out, desperate to show their 'superiority'over children half their size. I'd like to think I'm a normal well adjusted adult, but I think that if I am, it's in spite of these miserable bullies rather than because of them.