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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I was educated in the 50's and 60s and at the time the discipline in the schools was palpable......discipline in the home was also practised. If I went home and told my parents that I had been given the cane or reprimanded in any way I would have got another hiding for needing discipline at school. If you were ever sent to the head teacher, you trembled in your shoes......and whatever the teacher said, you did.
I am sure this influenced the learning that went on.......we respected the teachers,
who in turn taught us to respect ourselves. Discipline, self worth and respect are lacking for many children.
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absolutely spot on it was the forty,s and fiftys for me ,,there was 40 plus pupils in our class but we all learned because we listened and observed,and the respect for our elders was parramount ..they blame large classes for a lot of things today but you couldent get much larger ones than them,,