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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Teachers were always able to cope with one or 2 such badly behaved pupils per class, but when the whole class had a distorted view of what was acceptable they were overwhelmed
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At Rhydding in 1953 we had a teacher called Franklin or Frankland, his nickname was Birdie.
That man would never be overwhelmed as you put it, he was a hell of a teacher and he was the boss.
His view of acceptable was his word was law and we all knew it.
He had a small plot of land at the back of the school which he called his own and if you were on the wrong side of the fence you would be invited after school to dig a 6ft hole and then fill it in, whatever the weather.
The softie approach was unknown and I am all for that.
When in the army in later years the education continued and open your mouth when its not warranted you suffered the consequences.