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Leather strap - at primary school.
Ruler on hands.
Wet towel flick at swimming.

There were rumours of a frayed housepipe with the hodgson biology teacher - not me personally though.
 
Yep... Violence and abusing the kids in your care was pretty much commonplace back in the day.

What the fuck a supposed professional teacher is doing chucking cardboard at a sleeping student for is beyond me... Sacking the bloke was probably a bit harsh, but someone needed to have a word with him about how to behave in a position of responsibility.
 
Leather strap cut into strips whacked across under-panted derriere six or more times, depending on severity of offence, after teachers' 3-4 step run-up, while recipient leant against the back of a chair. Made me what I am.
 
Dollar Thief said:
Imagine having to cope with such a savage teacher like this when you were a kid?

I think the pupil is going to need counselling for a good while.

I got clouted once or twice at school and never told my parents so that I didn't get clouted again.

Hopefully the teacher sues, wins and gets their job back.

No wonder the world is going soft.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Lecturer of 22 years fired for ‘lightly’ throwing cardboard at sleeping student

A panel found that although the disciplinary process was not followed properly Steve Dix had been 'reckless' in throwing the item.
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lunatic lefties no doubt.
 
wooden 3D tech drawing pieces, board rubber (wooden), Metal bin, i could go on. Different time different world.
 
Dollar Thief said:
He threw a piece of cardboard not a house brick.

I remember kids in my school falling asleep in class and teachers always threw things at them to wake them up, all the kids used to find it funny, even the kid who got woke up.
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Yes I know.. That's why I said they should have just had a word with the idiot.

I realise that idiotic teachers were more commonplace back in our day, but that's no reason to accept this level of stupidity.
 
The punishment doesn't fit the crime sir!
Taking into a/c the lecturers work history, surely a written warning would have sufficed.
As with most senior schools in the late 60's our schools teachers were brutal. BUT we never informed our parents or we'd have faced further chastisement.
The teacher's chosen 'weapon' depended on their subject: PE - gym shoe, flat of the hand, or turned upside down in a rolled up gym mat that was kicked; Metalwork - piece of a rubber conveyor belt; woodwork - a piece of 4" x 2" wood; tech drawing - a T-square; formal disciple was the headmaster's cane, which was long, thin & black due to its age & the incident / number of strokes was recorded in a register.
It did us no harm; however, it's difficult to understand how it was ever justified!
 
Roseacre had the persuader which was a very large and thick ruler - I was was sent to have it once and threatened to hit the teacher with a chair - he backed down.

Now Warbreck was on another level….

Mr Whalley - nobody crossed him as he was really scary and would beat the living daylights out of you.

Chalk - teachers could hit you on the forehead on a single spin.

Chalk wooden board rubber - again they had a deadly accuracy that could hurt!

In wood work one teacher liked to throw chisels - reading that back now is scary 😳

Mr Bousted(?) our history teacher used to open the window on the second or third floor and hold you next to it threatening to throw you out.

Fallen(?) PE used to just make you run until you wanted to be sick - although I deliberately took him out in a tackle that stopped him playing for Fleetwood for a couple of months 👍

There were many others, but the one thing I enjoyed the most was the Pupils v Teachers rugby game, yes we hurt them, but my god they did the same - and it was great 👍

Schools were great back then - but it’s probably safer these days 😂😂😂
 
seasideone said:
Roseacre had the persuader which was a very large and thick ruler - I was was sent to have it once and threatened to hit the teacher with a chair - he backed down.

Now Warbreck was on another level….

Mr Whalley - nobody crossed him as he was really scary and would beat the living daylights out of you.

Chalk - teachers could hit you on the forehead on a single spin.

Chalk wooden board rubber - again they had a deadly accuracy that could hurt!

In wood work one teacher liked to throw chisels - reading that back now is scary 😳

Mr Bousted(?) our history teacher used to open the window on the second or third floor and hold you next to it threatening to throw you out.

Fallen(?) PE used to just make you run until you wanted to be sick - although I deliberately took him out in a tackle that stopped him playing for Fleetwood for a couple of months 👍

There were many others, but the one thing I enjoyed the most was the Pupils v Teachers rugby game, yes we hurt them, but my god they did the same - and it was great 👍

Schools were great back then - but it’s probably safer these days 😂😂😂
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Warbeck boy, Mr Whaley threw the metal bin at my head, he was mental and absolutely loved Sellotape, he sellotaped literally everything. Including the very heavily dented bin.
 
we had a teacher who would wlk down the line you wre queing in and rap you round the back off the head with his bunch of keys if you were talking also used to carry a short cane quite thick up his sleeve and rattle you round the back of the head too.
but you knew dicsipline in those days
 
Strap and ruler at little Baines. I was a good boy only got ruler. Cane at Rossall got away with 3 of the best
 
seasideone said:
Roseacre had the persuader which was a very large and thick ruler - I was was sent to have it once and threatened to hit the teacher with a chair - he backed down.

Now Warbreck was on another level….

Mr Whalley - nobody crossed him as he was really scary and would beat the living daylights out of you.

Chalk - teachers could hit you on the forehead on a single spin.

Chalk wooden board rubber - again they had a deadly accuracy that could hurt!

In wood work one teacher liked to throw chisels - reading that back now is scary 😳

Mr Bousted(?) our history teacher used to open the window on the second or third floor and hold you next to it threatening to throw you out.

Fallen(?) PE used to just make you run until you wanted to be sick - although I deliberately took him out in a tackle that stopped him playing for Fleetwood for a couple of months 👍

There were many others, but the one thing I enjoyed the most was the Pupils v Teachers rugby game, yes we hurt them, but my god they did the same - and it was great 👍

Schools were great back then - but it’s probably safer these days 😂😂😂
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Whalley - We all laugh about him now but the bloke was a wrong 'un and should never have been put in charge of children.

Fallon - Never played football at any level, you have either got him mixed up with Barnes or have mistakenly overstated his footballing ability. In my opinion, Fallon was a James Hunt but Barnes was a good chap and used to bang them in for Fleetwood.

Boustead - I can't say he ever hung me out of a window but he certainly threw board dusters at me, a good egg on the whole and didn't take too much persuasion to abandon a Current Affairs lesson and have a sports quiz instead.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
Whalley - We all laugh about him now but the bloke was a wrong 'un and should never have been put in charge of children.

Fallon - Never played football at any level, you have either got him mixed up with Barnes or have mistakenly overstated his footballing ability. In my opinion, Fallon was a James Hunt but Barnes was a good chap and used to bang them in for Fleetwood.

Boustead - I can't say he ever hung me out of a window but he certainly threw board dusters at me, a good egg on the whole and didn't take too much persuasion to abandon a Current Affairs lesson and have a sports quiz instead.
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Yes - Barnes not Fallen!!!! 👍👍👍👍 My mistake!!!

Memories eh and Boustead could be nasty if pushed particularly about his facial Complexion 👍
 
Stand in a corner holding a chair above your head for the rest of the class. If it lowered you'd get punished and made to do it all again. I think I had it once. This was primary; he'd have got his head kicked in at Sec.
 
fcblackpool said:
Stand in a corner holding a chair above your head for the rest of the class. If it lowered you'd get punished and made to do it all again. I think I had it once. This was primary; he'd have got his head kicked in at Sec.
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It was the fire bucket in our class.
 
Bum and legs smacked at junior level.
At senior nothing apart from detentions, put on report and suspensions I turned out alright in the end. 😂
 
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The Ferula ,(not the plant )! at my school . Along, of course , with violent hair and ear pulling.
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We had that too at Preston Catholic College . They were nicknamed ‘ cracks ‘ because of the noise the ferula made when it hit your hand . Usually doled out in threes , sixes , nines or twelves . Although from Accrington , my parents thought PCC rather than St Mary’s Blackburn was a better educational experience !
 
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Chalk board duster throwing was common place but worst was that of getting kids to stand on tiptoe with their nose in a chalked circle on the blackboard and not allowed to take nose out or put feet down for ages.
 
seasideone said:
Roseacre had the persuader which was a very large and thick ruler - I was was sent to have it once and threatened to hit the teacher with a chair - he backed down.

Now Warbreck was on another level….

Mr Whalley - nobody crossed him as he was really scary and would beat the living daylights out of you.

Chalk - teachers could hit you on the forehead on a single spin.

Chalk wooden board rubber - again they had a deadly accuracy that could hurt!

In wood work one teacher liked to throw chisels - reading that back now is scary 😳

Mr Bousted(?) our history teacher used to open the window on the second or third floor and hold you next to it threatening to throw you out.

Fallen(?) PE used to just make you run until you wanted to be sick - although I deliberately took him out in a tackle that stopped him playing for Fleetwood for a couple of months 👍

There were many others, but the one thing I enjoyed the most was the Pupils v Teachers rugby game, yes we hurt them, but my god they did the same - and it was great 👍

Schools were great back then - but it’s probably safer these days 😂😂😂
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Loved the pupils v teachers rugby game, I clotheslined Joey Walters (English teacher) I actually quite liked him as well!
 
seasideone said:
Roseacre had the persuader which was a very large and thick ruler - I was was sent to have it once and threatened to hit the teacher with a chair - he backed down
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Steamgun said:
Fred Harris owned that implement.
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Was always a South Shore lad, so Roseacre and Highfield for me.

I can remember Mr Roberts, the headmaster at Roseacre, he used to use a cane across either your arse, or your hand. And that was the infants before you got near old Harris in the junior school. Maybe a bit before Seaside 1's time at Roseacre, as I was there at a similar time to Steamgun (66 - 73 in my case ).

At Highfield there was a teacher called Hillage (rape and pillage was his nickname). Apparently he liked to dig his knuckles into your head whilst calling you a numbskull. I wasn't in his class fortunately.. And then there was grumpy old Yates of course.
 
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BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Yes I know.. That's why I said they should have just had a word with the idiot.

I realise that idiotic teachers were more commonplace back in our day, but that's no reason to accept this level of stupidity.
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How would you have woken the lad up BFCx3? Gently carress his hair? Blow in his ear?
 
Victorsponge said:
How would you have woken the lad up BFCx3? Gently carress his hair? Blow in his ear?
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I wouldn't have done either no... Why would I want to embarrass the lad any more than was necessary.

Do you think chucking stuff at people is an appropriate way to deal with them and gain their respect?

How would you wake your child or your wife up? Would you stamp on their head... Maybe chuck a dustbin at them?

The thing is people all to quickly jump into "It wasn't like that in my day" mode and start talking about how ridiculous this bloke being sacked is, without actually stopping for a moment and thinking..

For a teacher to chuck something (anything) at a pupil is nothing short of idiotic... How anyone could ever think it remotely acceptable ever is beyond me.
 
Applying what is known as the Burchell Test is always difficult as the ET can't substitute it's own views - only decide if the employers response fell within a range of reasonable responses available

Personally I think it's tragic that a man loses his career because of an ignorant pupil and a namby pamby guardian who didn't just say ' what do you expect when you fall asleep in class '
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
Applying what is known as the Burchell Test is always difficult as the ET can't substitute it's own views - only decide if the employers response fell within a range of reasonable responses available

Personally I think it's tragic that a man loses his career because of an ignorant pupil and a namby pamby guardian who didn't just say ' what do you expect when you fall asleep in class '
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To expect to be treated with a bit of basic decency, by an adult who is in a position of responsibility perhaps?
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
Respect is a two way street but only one has lost his career
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It is mate, but falling asleep is not necessarily a show of disrespect... Could be a range of medical conditions, other issues...

A professional adult ought to have dealt with this totally differently... dealt with the immediate situation without prejudice and then sought to speak to pupil and guardian if necessary... Chucking stuff at the lad (totally unacceptable) and not surprisingly he's lost a good job, through a moment of utter stupidity.
 
Yes it could have been ' a range of medical conditions ' but it wasn't or you bet your bottom dollar it would have been mentioned

The guy lost his cool - but this was after trying to wake him over a period of 15 mins

Discipline him maybe but sacking him is too harsh IMO but I suppose it's the world we live in now and it isn't a better place for it

This just highlights what an impossible job teachers have maintaining authority in the classroom
 
Scaramanga said:
Warbeck boy, Mr Whaley threw the metal bin at my head, he was mental and absolutely loved Sellotape, he sellotaped literally everything. Including the very heavily dented bin.
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I had a family relation taught by him…his weapon was called “Dan Tanner”. The art teacher Carroll used to throw him down the stairs!
 
I was caned a few times by a bastard English teacher for writing with my left hand!

I was once dragged into a classroom and bent over by another sadistic tw@t in front of his class for whistling in the corridor. Got thrashed 6 of the best!
God forbid if you forgot your PE kit
Always got caned...

Bailey School Fleetwood!

Poor dear, nearly got hit by a small piece of cardboard.
🤣
 
And if a staff member of yours fell asleep during work hours, would you chuck stuff at them in frustration?

I very much doubt it... It's thuggish idiotic behaviour and if you're 'losing your cool' in a classroom, then you really shouldn't be there.

I'm reading this thread and in particular some of the historic stuff, which was commonplace in our schools and it makes you realise what a bunch of utter thickheads we had purportedly educating us. It really is no wonder that many seem to think that this is remotely appropriate.

I was kind of in agreement that sacking was harsh, but when you think about it... Violent outbursts in this type of setting ... I think a zero tolerance approach is probably the only way to deal with it.

I'll just add that violence is no way to develop discipline in a classroom and in my day, the very best teachers and those with the most disciplined kids had no need to resort to any form of violence or intimidatory behaviour... They led by example and credibility as human beings.
 
Cane?, Ruler?, Clip round the ear?. You had it easy, in my day the teacher would respond to any perceived infraction by slashing us about the face and body with a broken bottle and WE WERE GLAD OF IT, we were just glad we didn't go to one of the proper rough schools where they would murder students (in cold blood, mind) for similar shenanigans.

In all seriousness, if you worked at Kwik-Save (if that still exists) or in any corporate office location I suspect you'd be sacked for chucking any object (no matter how devoid of mass) at a co-worker.
 
Dollar Thief said:
I can just see you as a teacher, going over to a sleeping pupil.

BFCx3 "Wake up poppet, I'm here to teach and you're asleep, come on cherub, stop snoring and wake up, if you wake up I'll give you £50 and my PornHub log in details..."

I take it shouting WAKE UP would also be out of the question?
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It would depend dollar.. If the lad is flat out and disturbing the rest of the class with snoring, then I'd try and gently wake him up yes. If he wasn't disturbing anyone, then I'd probably just leave him to sleep and deal with it later.

I certainly wouldn't start rabbit punching him or losing my temper and chucking stuff.

I just don't get how anyone thinks it's acceptable.... And this idea that schools and behaviour is somehow negatively affected by no longer accepting the sorts of violent outbursts mentioned in this thread is ridiculous.

"Errrr yer well my teacher used to wack you round the 'ed with an 'ammer, so 'e shud fink imself lucky"

Hmmm....
 
There were some evil ones at Warbreck, was it Tom/Tony Carroll had a lead strip running through his cane, Eddie Thistlethwaite used to run the length of the corridor a give you a serious canning, snellgrove with his doc, Pilkington was severe too,the worst was just before my time as he was told not to use it was Brookes the woodwork teacher with his leather strap. The likes of Parsons used to make you stand up on the table and ask if you had a hard on. Remember going on my first day and Bousted was kicking fuck out of the cock of the school, cock of the school,not heard that term for a while. All good stuff until lines and detention took over. Then the school went downhill,whether the punishment was to blame or just a new generation of tossers.
 
Lines in the 90s. Stay behind after school. Boring you more was the deterrent to you being bored in school
 
Dave62 said:
Was always a South Shore lad, so Roseacre and Highfield for me.

I can remember Mr Roberts, the headmaster at Roseacre, he used to use a cane across either your arse, or your hand. And that was the infants before you got near old Harris in the junior school. Maybe a bit before Seaside 1's time at Roseacre, as I was there at a similar time to Steamgun (66 - 73 in my case ).

At Highfield there was a teacher called Hillage (rape and pillage was his nickname). Apparently he liked to dig his knuckles into your head whilst calling you a numbskull. I wasn't in his class fortunately.. And then there was grumpy old Yates of course.
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Ha ha Bill Yates what a ** he was!!

Gifford at St Nicks metal refs whistle used like a conker on your head, that bloody hurt 😖

One teacher at highfield, cant remember his name used a rule across the knuckles EDGE side on🤯😬🤪
 
Screenshot_20211007-190548_Chrome.jpgThanks to the utter thickheads who educated me I've been in a successful job for 41 years.
The kids who are coming through now, with their somehow enhanced qualifications at our place, I wouldn't leave them to boil an egg.

We had teachers who specifically taught in the field they were qualified in, a full syllabus too.
Todays great if you want loads of meaningless qualifications that aren't relevant in any job you'd like.👍🏻
 
Wizzerboy said:
Thanks to the utter thickheads who educated me I've been in a successful job for 41 years.
The kids who are coming through now, with their somehow enhanced qualifications at our place, I wouldn't leave them to boil an egg.

We had teachers who specifically taught in the field they were qualified in, a full syllabus too.
Todays great if you want loads of meaningless qualifications that aren't relevant in any job you'd like.👍🏻
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Yet despite your wonderful education, you can't perform a basic quote function on this forum🤣
 
Mr Harris at Roseacre used to dish out The Clappers if you got your times table wrong. The Clappers were both of his hands slapped against your cheeks.
 
Wizzerboy said:
Thanks to the utter thickheads who educated me I've been in a successful job for 41 years.
The kids who are coming through now, with their somehow enhanced qualifications at our place, I wouldn't leave them to boil an egg.

We had teachers who specifically taught in the field they were qualified in, a full syllabus too.
Todays great if you want loads of meaningless qualifications that aren't relevant in any job you'd like.👍🏻
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On a serious note, the fact that many of us have managed to live normal functional lives, despite being abused in schools by these utter bellends that have been described in this thread is not really evidence that violence and abuse are appropriate or necessary.

Let's not forget that in many of our schools, churches, childrens homes, football clubs etc.. young kids were being seriously physically and sexually abused by these 'adults' or 'superiors' that we were told that we should respect and look up to. The lack of parental intervention and the willingness to simply accept 'authority' in an unquestioning way, to tolerate this type of fringe abusive behaviour was in no small part responsible for much of the abuse that went on.
 
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