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I got caned,slippered, hit with the board ruler or whatever in my first year at Oswin Ave. One teacher had a riding crop and the science teacher us a two foot long piece of rubber pipe.I didn't enjoy it but it didn't do me any harm.All pupils took the punishment generally without moaning or telling their parents.
In the first post NoF says "I did not enjoy it and was never in a rush to return for anymore,but overtime I was back in for more." I'm too young to have experienced it but doesn't sound like it was that effective to me.
I think teachers do need stronger powers to discipline - what powers exactly, I don't know - but I don't think the answer is beatings.
Talking during a lesson meant the cane even it was a couple of whispered words. How many kids did that keep quiet?Sloppy work or not doing homework, that could mean the cane.How many improved their work and getting it in on time.Fighting in the playground.My mate didn't fancy running for the school team, he invented a job at the co-op in Hexthorpe as an excuse. The games master rung them up and next day he got three of the best for telling lies.One day in games we ran to Hexthorpe flats. We were told to run across an open space to the far side and round a tree to come back. After the faster runners had gone round a few started doubling back before the tree. The games master was some distance away out of sight watching fron the railway bridge.When we got back all those who hadn't completed the full course got the slipper.The one thing pupils did have was respect in those days.If not for the teacher, respect for the position.
Quote from: RedJ on June 19, 2017, 11:04:47 amI think teachers do need stronger powers to discipline - what powers exactly, I don't know - but I don't think the answer is beatings.Getting the cane could of really be classed as a beating redj ,it was never that brutal.
So what happens to a pupil who has stepped over the said line today .They can't get the cane or a Dunlop green flash across their backsides ,a sideburns tug or blackboard rubber launched at them .Can the teacher shout at them I ask?