New Posts For Thread: School exclusions today comapared with 1970s/80shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80sA permanent exclusion was called an expulsion in my day.At my school, you had to do something pretty serious to get expelled. Understandable I suppose. If they'd have set the expected behavioural standards too high, there wouldn't have been too manyDidn't anyone get "lines"? It was a common punishment at my school up to the age of about 11.On one occasion, a friend of mine was given 200 lines. He did them on his mum's typewriter. The teacher was furious and made him do them again.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555124501#555124501Didn't anyone get "lines"? It was a common punishment at my school up to the age of about 11.On one occasion, a friend of mine was given 200 lines. He did them on his mum's typewriter. The teacher was furious and made him do them again.Sat, 28 Jul 2018 02:48:40 -0500seems you get expelled if your results would be bad for school.striking a teacher was about the only way to get expelled from our schoola few went for it ...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555111843#555111843seems you get expelled if your results would be bad for school.striking a teacher was about the only way to get expelled from our schoola few went for it ...Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:18:47 -0500I can only recall two pupils being expelled in my 6th form years, one for hitting another pupil with a cricket bat breaking his eye socket and the other for flashing at the school librarian!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555111793#555111793I can only recall two pupils being expelled in my 6th form years, one for hitting another pupil with a cricket bat breaking his eye socket and the other for flashing at the school librarian!Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:56 -0500Chisel chucking charley in woodwork (I do not jest)The old blackboard rubber also goes far ho hocane across the open handif you were lucky it might just be wooden rulerIt never did me any harm although I do duck a lot when I hear someone shout.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555107223#555107223Chisel chucking charley in woodwork (I do not jest)The old blackboard rubber also goes far ho hocane across the open handif you were lucky it might just be wooden rulerIt never did me any harm although I do duck a lot when I hear someone shout.Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:34:41 -0500Reduction in discipline equals increase in bad behaviour. Shock horror.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106785#555106785Reduction in discipline equals increase in bad behaviour. Shock horror.Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:35:55 -0500short-term suspensions (which seems odd, given all the fuss they make about term-time holidays)Good point. Plus I'm sure the vast majority of those getting suspensions are absolutely gutted about it, and hide away in their rooms for the duration of thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106767#555106767short-term suspensions (which seems odd, given all the fuss they make about term-time holidays)Good point. Plus I'm sure the vast majority of those getting suspensions are absolutely gutted about it, and hide away in their rooms for the duration of tWed, 25 Jul 2018 11:34:06 -0500Where a child has a continuing track record of bad behaviour, I think the parents should be called in. Not sure if this does happen or happened when I was at school.They should be told in no uncertain terms that their child will be punished if he doehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106739#555106739Where a child has a continuing track record of bad behaviour, I think the parents should be called in. Not sure if this does happen or happened when I was at school.They should be told in no uncertain terms that their child will be punished if he doeWed, 25 Jul 2018 11:28:24 -0500We used to go on exclusions to Drayton Manor.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106695#555106695We used to go on exclusions to Drayton Manor.Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:21:31 -0500It all seems very odd, with in-school exclusions and isolations, whatever they are, as well as short-term suspensions (which seems odd, given all the fuss they make about term-time holidays).In my day the hierarchy of punishments went: stand outsidehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106653#555106653It all seems very odd, with in-school exclusions and isolations, whatever they are, as well as short-term suspensions (which seems odd, given all the fuss they make about term-time holidays).In my day the hierarchy of punishments went: stand outsideWed, 25 Jul 2018 11:16:49 -0500A permanent exclusion was called an expulsion in my day.At my school, you had to do something pretty serious to get expelled. Understandable I suppose. If they'd have set the expected behavioural standards too high, there wouldn't have been too manyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31432653/school-exclusions-today-comapared-with-1970s80s?post_id=555106211#555106211A permanent exclusion was called an expulsion in my day.At my school, you had to do something pretty serious to get expelled. Understandable I suppose. If they'd have set the expected behavioural standards too high, there wouldn't have been too manyWed, 25 Jul 2018 10:17:30 -0500