Published on 12, July, 2020
I was talking with somebody who got offended because the school won't allow "stimming" for students. Lol, I remember back then, when nobody took child psychology seriously and the primary school teachers used corporal punishments as teaching tools. I remember some kids, probably on the spectrum, that received so many ruler strikes on their finger that they ended up bleeding all over. More than one had to leave school because "they won't stop fidgeting". The other kids used to bully them horribly afterwards, since the teacher used to vent their frustrations on us after having their way with them. I wonder where they ended up, with little education and loads of untreated mental issues. No wonder so many people of my generation are totally mentally fouled up.
Was that a thing, back then in UK? I wonder if it was only linked to my s***hole country. I was born it the 70's, by the way
A specially manufactured leather strap (about 10 inches long about 2 inches wide and about 3 16ths thick) was used in all the schools I attended from aged 7 upwards. In the North of England it was just called 'the strap' in Scotland it had a special name a 'tawse', in Ireland a similar implement (but with a wooden handle) was known as a 'pandybat'.
lol, in my school they used a wooden ruler. One of the teachers was an enormous, obese woman with plenty of gaudy rings. She liked to give open hand slaps that left nasty cuts and bruises. Too bad that I never managed to track her down, I really wanted to show her something about face blows. I understand that almost all her pupils were chavs and chavettes, but what the hell.