In article , Robert Casey
writes:

N2EY wrote:

In article , Robert Casey
writes:

Where did society get the mistaken impression that sex is bad, but
violence is OK?

Nuns in Catholic grammar school routinely used violence on the kids,

"Robert Casey, you bold brazen article, how dare you talk like that!"

but would sure be upset about anything vaguely about sex....

In my experience, such things would make them violent. In fact almost
anything could make an IHM nun violent. Bunch of nutcases, actually.

I had anotehr species of nuns in my school. "Sisters of Mercy" IIRC,
but there was no mercy if you forgot your homework.....

Oyez, they had it down to an art. Grab a bit of a kid's hair and dribble his
head on the slate blackboard was one trick.

I remember one nun who busted an 18 inch wooden ruler beating a kid,
so he had to go to a specific store after school and buy another with his own
money, (they cost about a quarter) and then bring it back the next day so she
could finish beating him with it.

On the first or second day of 1st grade, the nun teacher had to leave our
classroom for a few minutes. Of course some of us were talking and making
noise, as small kids will. When she got back, she freaked out. Made the
kids line up at her desk and punish each one in turn. Must have been 20
minutes it took to do all 30 something kids.

Only 30 kids in your first grade class? There were 70 (seventy) in mine.

IHM nuns preferred group punishment - keep the whole class after school or such
for the misdeeds of a few. The theory was that the innocent would beat the &^%
out of the offenders after school. Which happened sometimes.

Also on the first day, it was time for lunch, as the nun announced it. So
I get out my sandwitch and started eating in my desk. Nun freaks.
How would I know that the school had another room for eating lunch?

Oh man...

Have heard that teachers nowadays are taught to anticipate kids not
knowing such things when they start school....

Oh yes, but it's usually not needed, because nowadays most kids have
at least been to kndergarten, and most have been in preschool and day
care since diaper time. So they're more used to the whole concept of school.

But back in those days it was common for a kid to have never set foot in a
school or classroom until the first day of forst grade. I still remember other
kids being terrified. I wasn't - I'd gone to public school kindergarten.

Then I learned how different catholic school was...

73 de Jim, N2EY