Twisty Tales : Weird Teachers

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THIS REALLY HAPPENED TO ME!

School discipline during my Primary/Junior school days was real discipline; sometimes bordering on torture. I had a string of teachers from Primary 1 to 6. Except for two lady teachers, the others seems to excel in their own form of unique punishment.

In Primary 2, our teacher Mr. J imposed discipline by caning with rattan canes. The poor culprit student had to stand at the front of the class and select the weapon of choice. How nice! He even let us choose the canes - from thick to thinnest. Being naive young kids, most of us always chose the thinnest, not realizing that this inflict the most pain!

Well we learnt something then. No, it's not about not being naughty, more importantly it's about making decisions. "Choose boy, Choose!" A life lesson well taught.

The following year, in Primary 3, Mr. L has his distinct way to punish erring students. He pulls out their side-burn hair. Try it on yourself, pinch a finger-full and pull. Ouch!.

I'll skip Primary 5 first and jump to Primary 6. Mr. T of that year has this big mug of water in the classroom. After writing on the black-board he washes his hands in the mug. After blowing his nose, he also washes his hands in the mug. Naughty students will be "baptized" with this mugful of concoction. Eeeeew!

Now Primary 5 - that year will forever be etched in my memory. Whenever the class gets noisy, Mr. N will shout "Hold your tongues!" Yes, hold our tongues, and he meant that literally. We had to stick our tongues out and hold it with the fingers of our two hands, no letting go. Saliva, after a while, will start dripping down onto the floor. And some of us also couldn't help it but giggle (through our held tongues) at our odd situation. For these, an extra punishment is added, stand on their chairs or desks and hold their tongues. Students from other classes walking by our class couldn't help but quietly sniggle.

I guess that could explain my penchant for twisted tales, my tongue has been twisted since then.

Looking back, we had never got angry with these strange methods, and in later years learnt to appreciate that in their odd ways these teachers have helped mold us into better people.

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