Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues Brothersmessage-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down13
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareI have seen a lot of movies where the Catholic School Nuns smack a students hand for being disruptive or something is this a trope or a real something? Like most notable in Blues BrothersDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up45·edit-21 day agoThat was a real and common thing, not even just in catholic schools.
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 day agoYeah, my kindergarten teacher didn’t like me using my left hand to write for some reason, so slapped my hand with a ruler. Now I write with my right hand.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoThere are still some southern states (because ofc) that legally allow teachers to use corporal punishment at their discretion.
minus-squareFoolsQuartz@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 day agoYeah. Although, every baby boomer who’s talked to me about catholic school seems really traumatised by it
That was a real and common thing, not even just in catholic schools.
Yeah, my kindergarten teacher didn’t like me using my left hand to write for some reason, so slapped my hand with a ruler. Now I write with my right hand.
There are still some southern states (because ofc) that legally allow teachers to use corporal punishment at their discretion.
Yeah. Although, every baby boomer who’s talked to me about catholic school seems really traumatised by it