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I remember writing lines at school


Kept in at break and had to write lines on the board for being naughty
MartinII · 70-79, M
When I was a prefect at school I was authorised to give pupils lines. I regret to say I rather enjoyed doing so.
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Denise61 Yes, though I’m afraid it wasn’t unknown for teachers to behave badly in relation to corporal punishment also.
Denise61 · F
@MartinII that is also true,
As pupils you wanted it fair for all
@Denise61 An incompetent with a cane could do some serious harm by an errant stroke that was too high.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
All three of those children are writing left handed. I wonder if they are being punished for that (as was the custom in days gone past).
@AbbeyP I think this is the best explanation of why the three are lefty. Left-handedness is rather unusual. Three girls all in trouble and left-handed would be statistically wildly improbable unless being lefty was their "sin."

I note that all three have their free hand behind their back protecting their bottoms from a possible spank?
Denise61 · F
@Alfred22 ones a boy
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Alfred22 @Denise61 Only the two girls have their hands behind their backs.
Caned4doz · 61-69, M
I got lines and other forms of written punishments several times. I hated them. One time when I was given 200 lines I thought I'd be clever. I taped three pens together and wrote the first few words of the line, then squiggles with a proper word at the end. Thinking that the lines were never looked at when handed up, just either torn up or tossed in the waste paper basket, I felt pretty pleased with myself. It went pear-shaped when, as I handed up the lines, the master told me to put them on his desk and take my seat. Just as I was about to sit at my desk, he bellowed my name and demanded an explanation as he held up my papers. I was reported to my housemaster and got 6 of the cane. At least I didn't have to rewrite the lines!
Royrogers · 61-69, M
@Caned4doz quite amusing
Caned4doz · 61-69, M
@Royrogers I can laugh about it now but it wasn’t so funny as was leaving my housemaster’s office.
exexec · 61-69, C
I think my wife holds the school record for writing "I will not talk in class" on blackboards and then washing them.
Lara08 · F
that would be my nightmare as i have agraphie... back then people wouldnt even have known about that
Lara08 · F
@Royrogers i cant handwrite properly.. i know how words are spelled and can type them like other people.. i also can write single words or letters no problem. but writing a whole sentence with my hand and a pen i start mix up letters and whole words
Royrogers · 61-69, M
@Lara08 oh how interesting thank you
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Lara08 Yes, it’s a sobering thought that there are various conditions or disabilities which were not understood, and treated as misbehaviour or incompetence.
Uncfred · 61-69, M
And the blackboard was on an easel, many is the time I spent standing behind it.
Bartleby · 51-55, M
Can someone explain to me why in G-d’s name one would be punished for being left-handed??
MartinII · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl Moreover, in cricket lots of people who are naturally right-handed choose to bat as if they were left-handed. Don’t know why.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@MartinII My dad played cricket. He was coached at school to bat with the opposite hand he bowled with. That way, if he injured his right hand and could not bowl, he could still make a contribution to the team effort with the bat 🙂
MartinII · 70-79, M
@SunshineGirl Bizarre. And actually pointless, because you need both hands to bat - it’s just a question of which hand is above the other. I’m sorry for your dad.
smiler2012 · 61-69
{@abbeyp] 😣think most kids of our generation have been there done that and got the tee shirt 😆mildly better option than the painful alternative lol
InstructHer · 56-60, M
Lines are an excellent punishment.
Denise61 · F
@MartinII surely better to write something out you can learn from
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Denise61 Yes indeed. I suppose it could still be “lines”, just lines by Shakespeare or someone.
Robert6 · 61-69, M
Yes. A constructive use of time.
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
It's like looking at the Simpsons intro. It looks to me those kids are writing "Homer" on the blackboard.
miscreant6x6 · 56-60, M
Only lines we got at school were on our bottom. Usually 6 parallel ones.
Dawgsfan3 · 41-45, M
We had to write them on paper
Royrogers · 61-69, M
What uniform is that ?

 
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