I've seen them do crazier things and not appear to notice the blood pouring from the "flesh wounds" they gave themselves showing us how tough they are.
That made me laugh... and also reminded me of one of my absolute favorite teachers in high school, a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day. You did NOT mess around in that dude's class, or he'd kick yer ass. I'm of an age when an ass-kicking in the classroom was completely acceptable, too.
I never tangled with the adults. They were all way tougher than me. In Newport they used paddles the size of my leg to paddle the unruly. The unruly were not sent to just anyone to get this mark of shame, they were sent to Mr. Abruzzi, the gym teacher. In Alabama the school I attended figured if you didn't want to be there in learning mode, they didn't want to detain you and they'd kick you out so hard you never came back.
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First you have to get their attention - that will do it.
That made me laugh... and also reminded me of one of my absolute favorite teachers in high school, a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day. You did NOT mess around in that dude's class, or he'd kick yer ass. I'm of an age when an ass-kicking in the classroom was completely acceptable, too.
When I think back to some of the hazing that passed for rewarding a job well done I still think Marines left the rest of us in the dust.
I never tangled with the adults. They were all way tougher than me. In Newport they used paddles the size of my leg to paddle the unruly. The unruly were not sent to just anyone to get this mark of shame, they were sent to Mr. Abruzzi, the gym teacher. In Alabama the school I attended figured if you didn't want to be there in learning mode, they didn't want to detain you and they'd kick you out so hard you never came back.
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