Quote Originally Posted by jimmyscoular View Post
Sometimes it didn't take anything at all. We had a music teacher at St. Illtyd's by the name of Mr. Watkins. We dubbed him "Whacker Watkins." At the beginning of every class he would randomly select three pupils to come down and get one swipe across the rear with his bamboo cane. Random. A warning to everyone else to behave. Must admit it was effective as we sat there quietly and obediently pondering the inner meaning of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf.
That is just so wrong. Reading some of the instances of unjustified punishment on here, it is a surprise that more parents didn't turn up at school and flatten some of the teachers.