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Last edited by Silver Bear; 03-11-2017, 22:29.
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Originally posted by Silver Bear View PostYes, being good at sport was a fluke and a blessing in many ways. Our woodwork instructor also took PE and drill practice in Corps. I enjoyed woodwork but it wasn’t on the curriculum as such, just an activity. I didn’t do as much as I wanted because I was playing so much sport, but I went to the workshop when I had sprained ankles or muscle injuries and greatly enjoyed it.
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Originally posted by Zincubus View PostSame .. I was rather good at all sports and our Metalwork and Woodwork teachers were involved with the sports dept ... this meant I was allowed to use the lathes and the furnace any dinner times ..
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Originally posted by Silver Bear View PostThe crucial point here is that prowess at games was regarded as more important than academic ability. I got much more kudos for Rugger (and other sports) than I did for winning an essay prize or editing the school magazine. Most of the masters were incredibly pro-sport and it was a huge part of the ethos of the school.
Same .. I was rather good at all sports and our Metalwork and Woodwork teachers were involved with the sports dept ... this meant I was allowed to use the lathes and the furnace any dinner times ..
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Originally posted by 80sChav View PostMy Schools tried to pursue this idea on us - but it never worked totaly, just being kept late was the worst we got
Though I agree Silver Bear - many others and me (given the chance) would have used such trick to my advantage
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Originally posted by Silver Bear View PostI recall that at school in the early 1980s (boys’ boarding school - very traditional) I was able to get away with a lot of ‘lip’ (cheek) to the masters because I played Rugger for the House and in my final year for the School. Many infractions that would have been punished were met with ‘bollockings’ that were pretty much a charade. Very unfair of course but I’m afraid I used it to my advantage.
Though I agree Silver Bear - many others and me (given the chance) would have used such trick to my advantage
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I recall that at school in the early 1980s (boys’ boarding school - very traditional) I was able to get away with a lot of ‘lip’ (cheek) to the masters because I played Rugger for the House and in my final year for the School. Many infractions that would have been punished were met with ‘bollockings’ that were pretty much a charade. Very unfair of course but I’m afraid I used it to my advantage.
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There was also the class detention - I remember in Year 8 having a student teacher for English during the spring term (meaning that our regular English teacher had a few more free periods on his timetable and could go to the staff room to read the Guardian for a bit longer). The kids in my class were not surprisingly, making it difficult for her to do her job properly. They were noisy when they should have been quiet, etc.
Reminds me of that Grange Hill episode from 1983 where Zammo Maguire's year had Mr Knowles, the student teacher teaching - it was a bit like that.
We were all "invited" to attend a class detention for half a hour after school in the same room. Most of us attended, but the irony was, only the ones that didn't cause any trouble and obeyed the teacher turned up - the ones that caused trouble earlier on didn't turn up. I didn't cause any trouble, so I thought that I had nothing too lose by turning up - I would just call my mother from the payphone that I would be late home afterwards, and that would be it.
I also remember from Junior school someone misbehaving so close to the Christmas holidays, and it might be a false memory, but I am certain that a teacher said to them that they had to come into school on Christmas Day to do the detention - it might be something that I have misinterpreted over the past 30 years, but it was something like that.
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Originally posted by Richard1978 View PostI managed to not get any major punishments at secondary school without even trying.
Some of my friends used to complain about one teacher being a "control freak" over uniforms being worn properly, but never got pulled up for anything like that.
For us it was Uniform but your tie in the main part of it!!
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Originally posted by marc View Post80sChav,
When I mention Primary school, I mean what was called junior school. This was for 7-10 year olds. The Infant school was for 3-6year olds. It is the Infant school I was referring to. The cane was used on 7 year olds and ages above. I never heard of the cane being used on younger children, at least not in the 1970s. This is not to say it wasn't, but it seems highly unlikely. Many of the older men that frequented pubs/clubs, and some women, could not remember the cane being used in the Infant school. Many of these attended Infant school in the 1920/30s.
Perhaps somebody can clarify if the cane was used on children younger than 7?
Secondary punishments were much harsher with expulsion being the no1 punishment with the cane being a popular second down the list.
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Originally posted by Zincubus View PostIt couldn't be done nowadays as the administering teacher would find his car and/or home vandalised ..
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I'm sure the teachers unions would get their members to resign an-masse if any law was pass, & any party doing so would abandon any chance of getting any youth vote for a generation or so.
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Originally posted by stuckinthe80's View PostThe slipper was used quite a lot in my infant school. Always in assembly too for maximum effect! The headmistress would hand out a shiny penny if it was your birthday then the whack with the gym slipper if you had been naughty! What fun the 70's were!! LOL
We were caned on our non-writing hand in primary and slippered on backside at secondary .
Just presumed that was standard across the country for some reason
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Originally posted by kazboot View PostI think I would have to agree with you on all points, Mike. I'm not sure what age it would be acceptable to start it though.
When you see the lack of discipline and respect in schools at present it does make you wonder what the answer is.
It couldn't be done nowadays as the administering teacher would find his car and/or home vandalised ..
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Wow , interesting accounts guys !
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In Junior and comprehensive school, it was mostly detention - in the Juniors, it was mostly writing out a sentence 100 times "I must not..." Or it would be copying the pages of a textbook at a comprehensive school detention.
Or, "go and stand over there". The kids often tested the patience with new teachers, supply teachers, student teachers, and anyone who would have not coped with a class of 30 unruly kids on their own.
There were rumours that the headmaster at my Junior school had a cane, inherited from his predecessors, but it was a false rumour. I almost remember one or two teachers "smacking" pupils, but it was a vague memory. This was in the mid 1980s.
I wasn't badly behaved myself, but peer pressure can sometimes steer you in the wrong direction - an occupational hazard of being a pupil at school, I suppose.
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