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>What was normal and acceptable in those days would >sound unbelievable today. >Another example is that schools were segregated by >race till the early 60s when desegregation laws were >passed which created a lot of controversy since people >were used to it. Some of us older once here prlobably >lived through it. >One could mention other examples which would sound >unbelievable today. > > >>Hi Wizzardofozz! I certainly believe that the >>'unbelievable' was more often than not true! And to >>me IS VERY BELIEVABLE! I think that unless you were >>there and grew up during those years it is almost >>inconceivable to comprehend just what things were >>really like! I saw so many kids spanked on panties and >>underware at elementary and to a lesser extent middle >>school. It was the way in that school, at elementary >>level, anyway - I will not make generalizations about >>disciplinary practices in other schools - that >>children were spanked! (Apart from, as I ponted out in >>another post, the preschool and kindergarten classes >>where mild bare bottom spankings did take place. Also >>the bare bottom spanking I heard taking place in the >>elementary Principals office.) Most of the spankings >>were given by women, both the younger and older ones, >>- to be fair they made up the vast majority of >>teachers in the elementary school - though there were >>some male teachers and a couple of them did spank. I >>think some of the teachers would have liked to give >>bare bottom spankings but were a little nervous about >>doing so! >> >>Of course, there may well have been spankings given in >>private where bottoms were bared that simply were not >>witnessed. As you rightly point out in those days it >>seemed almost anything was possible! >> >>My advice to you and anybody else about people who >>refuse to believe or accept that these things happened >>is don't waste your energy on them! Most likely they >>come from later generations who never encountered the >>sort of discipline and punishments that were the norm >>for us! They probably cannot even comprehend and >>conceive of such things! And for those who were from >>our generation who perhaps lived such a sheltered life >>that they never encountered the things we did; again >>don't allow their scepticism and denial to even become >>an issue! >> >>We and all those who were there and remember those >>days and had those experiences, know they happened! >>And that is all that really matters!

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