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
I Started school in 1972, corporal punishment was used from Primary School onwards, Infant school used punishment that had more effect, for not talking and kicking other children, shoes removed for the day and made to sit on the door mat.
Primary School and Secondary school was normal autistic hell, ( autism wasn’t even acknowledged then) some teachers were actually brilliant, the majority we’re in between useless and satanist, some were ex army and thought punishment was the answer to any abnormal behaviour. The subject of school punishment has come up before, I’ve often thought I was a bad person and have had nightmares, I’ve stopped thinking it was my fault, these school teachers are dead, I’m not and won’t waste anymore time on them. One side of me wonders if they were damaged by their upbringing, no one is born damaged.
Roy said:One side of me wonders if they were damaged by their upbringing, no one is born damaged.
Most of them lived through world war 2 which was damaging for both those fighting and those left behind to suffer the bombings, rationing and myriad other problems the era brought.
Anyone in their 50s would certainly have suffered and most in their 40s would have had secondary impacts from the poverty and hardships suffered in the post war years.
And almost all of them would have had family or parents who would have suffered first hand which often had terrible post traumatic conditions and behavioral changes that go with it.
I do feel sorry for what they went through, but it is not acceptable for them to take it out on the innocent.