Did you get the cane at school?

[timwilky]

Well based on another thread about Asbo/Birch and a few coming forward to say it never did me any harm. who was battered in submission/compliance, who was simply battered and refused to conform? and who was subjected to a discussion about their issues and problems?

My early years was a brutal regime where nuns ruled the roost. One sadistic bitch would use a 3' rule on the back of the knuckle, thin edge for boys, flat edge for girls. We 6 year old lived in fear of her. Years later my mother said she never knew we had been beaten by her. We were forced to eat disgusting food, one time somebody threw theirs on the floor and it was decided it must have been me. I was forced to eat it off the floor like a dog being told to think about the starving babies in Africa

At secondary school a public flogging in front of the school was regularly administered. My misdemeanour's were never that serious in the early years to warrant the assembly caning. So got private ones yes bent over on the backside. but the git would always get a few low ones in on the backs of the legs that would invariably bleed.

I was invited to leave when I told my head of year that if he tried to use that thing (cane) on me I would shove it up his ****. As the whole form took that attitude there was a governors inquiry where it was decided that senior pupils would no longer be caned, we were allowed back to resit our public examines.

Caning didn't change my attitude, just made me more resentful. But I despair for modern teachers who have no sanction for unruly pupils.

[Bibio]

where do i start about SCHOOL.

[tigersaw]

We had an RE teacher who could hit you on the ear with a bible from anywhere in the classroom, similar our physics teacher with a blackboard rubber.

No, being a young pup, that had all been stopped by the time I started school, which was probably 1992.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

We had an RE teacher who could hit you on the ear with a bible from anywhere in the classroom, similar our physics teacher with a blackboard rubber.

Blackboard cleaners don't count as that was standard wake up boy instrumentation, even if they did knock your eye/front teeth out if aimed properly.

Thankfully we live in more enlightened times...

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

We had an RE teacher who could hit you on the ear with a bible from anywhere in the classroom, similar our physics teacher with a blackboard rubber.

we had an RE teacher who played pocket billiards.

Cane was out by the time I was in school, head teacher used to wave it around going on about how we would have got a good seeing to back in the good old days. used to get a smack off the parents every now and again, but to be honest much prefered that to other forms of punishment, i.e. not being allowed to go out with my mates.

[Luckypants]

Yes, at primary school, one time, one stroke of cane to palm of hand. I was framed by some of the other kids (aka bullies) but knew that the cane was the punishment for the 'crime' I was 'convicted' of. I don't think it affected me, except to get even with the bullies, which I did when they weren't in their gang and it was 1 on 1. My Dad gave me a smacked **** for getting the cane, as I was obviously in the wrong.

I also got slapped round the face by the music teacher when I was about 13, who lost his rag when he thought I was talking in class. (It was the guy behind me talking). I went to the head as that was unacceptable, no warning, just blam. He got dressing down from head and apology to my parents.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Caning didn't change my attitude, just made me more resentful. But I despair for modern teachers who have no sanction for unruly pupils.

So it didn't 'work' when applied to you, but you still think teachers should be able to apply it?