Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “in the corner.” Write about whatever the image or thought of “in the corner” brings to mind. Have fun.
I went to a convent school from the age of four years until I was fifteen years old, when I left for an apprenticeship as a window dresser.
Now from kindergarten through to upper transition the punishment for any misdemeanor was to be sent to stand in the corner. Like a vase or stool we were made to turn our back on the class and face the wall in the corner.
I hated this it was to me as a tot the worse thing that could happen. I soon found out there was worse. The ruler, we had to hold out the palm of hands and the Nun would hit us really hard up to six times! The ruler was kept in the corner of the Nun’s desk.
Happy days ….not.
willowdot21 
Jan 02, 2021 @ 01:52:36
Those nuns could be wicked and I got whacked with the yard stick every time I was on the wrong page in Math class, but this taught me to pay attention and I found out that I liked Math and I was actually very good at it.
Jan 02, 2021 @ 02:16:14
Yes they could Jim thankfully it’s all in the past now! I envy you being good at Maths! Happy New Year 💜💜💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 08:46:38
Oh, school memories!
Jan 02, 2021 @ 08:48:05
Ouch yes indeed it was the first place my mind went 😂💜💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 09:17:16
😂
Jan 02, 2021 @ 09:39:24
💜💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 10:11:56
I also attended a convent school, Willow, but not for as long as you did. I have good memories though, I think this sort of behaviour had stopped by the time I do there. The monks scared my dad for life with their abusive behaviour towards him and his three brothers.
Jan 02, 2021 @ 09:42:18
Yes indeed, “Christian brothers” a missnoma if ever there was one!
Jan 02, 2021 @ 10:22:14
Definitely not happy days.
Jan 02, 2021 @ 09:37:49
No not really but they are gone now 💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 12:55:19
Oh boy. I was raised Catholic and while I never had to stand in a corner or worry about a ruler, I was afraid of the priest and one of the nuns. They scared me with their stern attitudes.
Jan 02, 2021 @ 13:12:47
I still feel a oang of fear if I see a nun ! 💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 13:16:11
I experienced in the corner. The ruler was there for threat but I only ever remember once where the boy next to me got his hands slapped. It scared the rest of us into submission. Just seeing it there on Sr. Frances desk was enough.
Jan 02, 2021 @ 13:38:49
Our Nuns never held back on the ruler! Thank goodness it’s all in the past now 😃
Jan 02, 2021 @ 14:11:46
You went through that ruler on the palm too, huh? And I though it was only at my convent. I always felt they took a grim satisfaction because I was so terribly wicked. I went to a convent school between the ages of 4 and 7. Never forgotten, alas!
Jan 02, 2021 @ 14:15:45
I was there 4 to 15 never forgotten like you. The worst years of my life… Hey ho we survived and they are probably all gone 💜 happy new year 💜💜💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 14:32:53
We did survive, hallelujah 🙂 Happy New Year!
Jan 02, 2021 @ 18:21:09
Yes indeed Happy New Year
Jan 02, 2021 @ 15:58:29
Oh my, that’s a terrible school memory! I spent a few years teaching in a Catholic school but it was in around 2001 and they’d long given up corners and rulers. Although now that I think of it sending a student to sit in the hall is pretty much the same thing…
Jan 02, 2021 @ 17:41:37
Lol my school days were the pits I was bullied by teachers, nuns and peers…but I survived 💜💜💜
Jan 02, 2021 @ 22:58:56
Our nuns used more psychological torture than physical…
Jan 02, 2021 @ 23:37:34
Ours were taskmasters at both 💜
Jan 03, 2021 @ 22:36:55
Thankful I never had to attend a Catholic school. My husband did and I think the nuns scarred him for life. I’m so sorry you had to endure what you did, Willow. 💓💓
Jan 03, 2021 @ 22:50:59
I am sorry for the grief your husband suffered, I hope like me he has put it behind him. 💜💜💜
Jan 03, 2021 @ 23:04:35
Yes he has, except that in 37 years (since we first met) I’ve never heard him sing — all because one nun told him he didn’t have a good voice. Such a terrible thing to tell a little kid! Other than that he turned out just fine. 😊💓
Jan 03, 2021 @ 23:19:25
That’s terrible, there were some nasty ones about 💜💜
Jan 04, 2021 @ 00:40:38
Indeed there were. 😔