Having the stick/dap in school

[Former Labour leader]

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Middle of a boring English lit lesson, miles away, started doodling in chalk on my desk. Of course one of the words was f*ck.
A figure loomed over me, it was the teacher, the deputy head. 'See me in my office at break time'.
I thought I was going to get the hiding of my life, but no, just a telling off. I learned my lesson and never did that again.
A post script. A number of years later I discovered that teacher was gay. I have wondered since if he'd had a soft spot for me, and that saved me.

[BLUETIT]

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Surely not the elderly Brother Luke of the late '60s and into the '70s. He was kind, gentle and meek to a fault, forever pottering around his greenhouse. Brother Alexander was the sadist. Very handy (and skilled) with the cane.

This was early 60’s when St Illtyds was down Splott.

The school drastically changed when it moved to Llanrumney/St Mellon’s

Brother Claude, the headmaster down Splott was a sadist

[jimmyscoular]

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Sounds like the same Bro. Luke, given the time frame. Perhaps he mellowed with age. He was indeed a maths teacher, although I remember him being very patient with my lifelong innumeracy.

[splott parker]

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Dead spit of him, definitely a son of his.

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

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I can recall having the cane at 5 or 6 in the old South Church Street school down the docks

My brother taught there! The parents would ask him for tea after school. He loved it because he said he had a different type of ethnic food every evening. The head was a real character called Frank Sheskonas.
As for caning, I was given the stick on he hand several times in in St German's Junior School. Hurt like hell.

[Moodybluebird]

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I got , together with 4 others , the metre long wooden measuring stick , across the open hand for being the organisers of a scrap between two kids who hated each other .

We deserved punishment of course but that sort of thing could have broken fingers or knuckles. It was barbaric and only made me more of a git in school .

No deterrent whatsoever

I was back in trouble within a few weeks

Schools should have counsellors to educate youngsters as to the effects of their behaviour and hopefully that's the case now

Child's play Sludge !!

One of our teachers made you turn over your hand and whack you on the knuckle area. I can tell you it really bloody hurt.

[Tuerto]

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Child's play Sludge !!

One of our teachers made you turn over your hand and whack you on the knuckle area. I can tell you it really bloody hurt.

Not sure how old you are, but did you have a Mr Kavanagh in Llanrumney High?

[Des Parrot]

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Having my collection of Football Cards out during a lesson because the teacher hadn’t turned up, must have been around 1971

Our PE teacher always picked up boys by the short hair just in front of your ear, it doesn’t give you any option your have to move.

[Michael Morris]

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Was given the cane a couple of times in St Francis between 73 and 77 (aged 7 - 11). Right on the finger tips

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I went to a couple of Catholic schools before I told my old dear it was all bullshit

She gave me a slapping

But nothing compared to what I got off the teachers in Catholic schools who were either sadistic or a danger to children

The nuns were just as bad

Shameful

Ban religious schools

[blue matt]

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never got caned or the dap, had a chalk board rubber hit me in the head, it wasnt even thrown at me, the Geography teacher was a crap throw

[Des Parrot]

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never got caned or the dap, had a chalk board rubber hit me in the head, it wasnt even thrown at me, the Geography teacher was a crap throw

that happened quite often, our Geography teacher was also like a Jack forward, 20 shots, 1 on target

[Moodybluebird]

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Not sure how old you are, but did you have a Mr Kavanagh in Llanrumney High?

In one word you've brought me out into a cold sweat. Cheers Tuerto !!

I absolutely detested the man, without doubt the worse teacher I ever had. Apologies if you're related to him lol.

He was my Maths teacher from 1965 - 1970. He used to say if you don't understand something just ask him. But if you did, he'd accuse you of not paying attention, call you names in front of your classmates and make you stand outside the classroom for 10 minutes. His favourite was to call anyone not good at maths Joe Soap.

As you can tell, I'm not bitter any more but I would swing for that tw*t even now. I need a lie down.

[elytillidie]

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I went to a couple of Catholic schools before I told my old dear it was all bullshit

She gave me a slapping

But nothing compared to what I got off the teachers in Catholic schools who were either sadistic or a danger to children

The nuns were just as bad

Shameful

Ban religious schools

We had plain clothes nuns towards the end of my time in Mostyn, but the ones before that, in their all black habits, were amongst the most violent people I've met. They'd come at you like a stealth bomber, wimple billowing in their rage, and whack you across the knuckles with the side of the ruler. Mr Rooney the woodwork teacher had a wooden bat labelled 'Central Heating' which he'd whack you across the arse with. I got sent to the headmaster about 30 minutes after my Mum had left; she'd been summoned to hear about my misbehaviour, boy did I get thrashed. It was bad, because kids from a nearby class were later asking me what I'd done to deserve that.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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that happened quite often, our Geography teacher was also like a Jack forward, 20 shots, 1 on target

did he fall over in the classroom , pretending to be hurt ?