School trips

[MANBEAR]

Jings, mind the belt? Worse thing they ever done was get rid of it.

I mind the belt and mr weir and mr Bryson hit hard blamed the belt on my bad writing

[brian f]

Why is that? You DID something wrong you got 2 of the belt you learned a lesson. Now kids do something wrong they get suspended or expelled. I'd take the belt any day of the week.

South Ayrshire has a policy of "non exclusion" - not sure about the other Ayrshires - and expulsion is no longer allowed in Scottish schools.

Meg

Thats a good thing Meg. The college 11-16 years old where i live in in England was changed to an Academy recently and the first thing the New Principal done was to exclude many pupils with any behavior issues even though he had a healthy budget from the poor Pupil premium.Yes the exam results have improved,but at a cost.

[bonzo]

Manbear I went to auchenharvie, there was 3 PE teachers called Walker. Auld Walker, big Walker and young Walker. Auld Walker was the only teacher that brought a tear to my eye when he wielded the belt, he hit you a fair skelp.

[Vivc113]

Only ever got the belt once from a science teacher.

[5siamese7]

Only ever got the belt once from a science teacher.

Interesting, was the teacher male or female?

[Vivc113]

Male. He was fed up with my loud mouth at the time. Not like this at all now.. Could do with some of that back.

He used to get cross because my mum used to let me stay up until 10 pm on a school night. He believed the kids should be in bed after 9 pm.

[morag]

Male. He was fed up with my loud mouth at the time. Not like this at all now.. Could do with some of that back.

He used to get cross because my mum used to let me stay up until 10 pm on a school night. He believed the kids should be in bed after 9 pm.

How did he know this and why should he?

[5siamese7]

Even then male teachers belting females would be frowned upon. During my time in secondary I never saw a girl belted. I found out later from a friend that the art teacher Mason belted her in third year and she was still upset about it in later life. Abhorrent and sick to belt girls. Thank goodness corporal punishment is banned to-day.

[Vivc113]

Male. He was fed up with my loud mouth at the time. Not like this at all now.. Could do with some of that back.

He used to get cross because my mum used to let me stay up until 10 pm on a school night. He believed the kids should be in bed after 9 pm.

How did he know this and why should he?

He had actually asked me at the time. Looking back, it was an odd thing to be asked (!!)

[stivis]

Whilst at Saltcoats Junior High I got the opportunity to go on the school cruise on the S.S.Uganda.1968. Went to Ponta Delgado,Vigo and Madeira. It was my first big holiday without parents. Had an absolute blast. I bought a little carved 3 sail ship from a vendor in Madeira-I still have it.Anyone else on that cruise?

Aye, throwing up in the Bay of Biscuit Magic

[harrysteell]

Apart from 2 weeks holiday at Westlinton , the trips out I loved the best was the ship launch all the the school went it was great fun the last one I remember was the ship Buffalow and a big trawler for Joe Crone it was the Elisabeth paton of my memory is still working what a day it must have been one of the last lauching we went down to view .

[Penny Tray]

Harry,

The launch of the ELIZABETH PATON would take you back to the 7th of April 1960; and the BUFFALO to the 2nd of May 1961.