Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 hours 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-square15fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
arrow-up114arrow-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 · 2 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-22 hours agoThat was a real and common thing, not even just in catholic schools.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 minutes agoThere are still some southern states (because ofc) that legally allow teachers to use corporal punishment at their discretion.
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 hour 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-squareFoolsQuartz@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 hours 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.
There are still some southern states (because ofc) that legally allow teachers to use corporal punishment at their discretion.
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.
Yeah. Although, every baby boomer who’s talked to me about catholic school seems really traumatised by it