Nun Schools strict on spanking

I was fortunate to attend Catholic School from first to twelfth grades. I never saw or heard of a nun paddling or spanking a student. Granted, they were a different breed of educator than public school teachers. I suppose that is why, at considerable sacrifice to my families’ budget, my parents insisted I attend. Most of my neighborhood friends attended public schools and I heard on a regular basis from them their teachers were doling out spankings. It wasn’t until I entered my Freshman year in high school was I exposed to paddlings. There too, the discipline was not given out by the nuns. It was given by the male teachers who where hired by the school. Some were public school teachers who decided to contract to private. Others were fresh out of college. The school did condone spankings with the hole drilled paddle that hung on the wall by the blackboard. These young male teachers, in their late 20’s to early 30’s, made a big deal out of paddling male students. For whatever reason, the student was called to the front of the class, ordered to spread eagle leaning on the teacher’s desk with his ass facing all the male and female students. The offense and number of strikes was announced, the teacher removed the paddle from the wall, and proceeded to paddle the student. The student was required to loudly call out the count. It was usually between five to ten hard strikes depending on the degree of severity the teacher deemed necessary. These strikes were intense, as the recipient would respond by jerking forward as each strike landed. As the year progressed, students were ordered to bend forward and stick their ass out further and not move. Sophmore year, the paddlings continued. Seemed like some student would get paddled at least once a week. I never received any such treatment. I surely was no angel mind you, just smart enough to get away with talking or passing notes without getting caught. Junior year the paddlings dropped off and Senior year they were nonexistent. I did witness one female student get paddled. She only received one swat. However, because of her dress, I doubt it ever really landed. As I look back, it was all pretty stupid.

I went to Catholic grade school in the 60's. There was only one nun who used a paddle. The rest were kind, helpful and always concerned about the welfare of their students. I have to admit, a few were strict on dress and personal care, and did embarrass some students on occasion, but they were not mean. My kids also went to Catholic schools, grade and high school and not once was anyone slapped or paddled. Yes, even in Catholic high schools ( most were either all male or all female back then), there was some drug use and dealing and some girls did get pregnant, but nothing like some people claim. Now, I went to a catholic boys high school with a religious order of Brothers, and they surely did some slapping now and then. But, over all I was fortunate to have been able to get a great education. That is more then I can say about what is going on now. I taught at the university level for 10 years and I was shocked at the poor preparation of many public school graduates. And, if half of what I hear that is going on now is accurate, things are no better. It is no surprise that the US education system is ranked 17th in the world. Catholic schools are on the decline and the country is worse off for it.

The US education system is base on equality across all levels of intellect and drive. The middle students get the most out of it, the lower level students aren't adequately taught, and the smarter - over achievers - are left out. US schools are based on mediocracy - one size fits all. And it seems to be getting worse!!

I don't know how Catholic school teachers are prepared for the job or get accredited - or even if they do? There must be some sanction by the states. Anybody knowledgable about this??

PS - I could say the same for a lot of public school teachers - even if they did go to school and get certified, they have no business being in the classroom.

I went to Catholic school from first through 12th. In high school they had A B C D classes. If you were in D class you were dumb as a box of rocks. “A” class got calculus and high tier classes and as you went down the chain things got easier. I think everyone in my senior class at least attended college. Getting a better education was the whole point.

I have nieces and nephews in the system now and I can assure you spanking is not allowed anymore.

On the subject of qualifications I think they are less stringent for getting hired and the pay is usually less because they get no government funding.

"He that spareth the rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him correcteth him betimes" and "Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell"

That was most likely justification for physical discipline in the Catholic schools for many decades

St. Augustine’s, a historically African-American boys’ prep school in Louisiana was apparently the last Catholic school in the country to use corporal punishment on students. In February 2011, the Archbishop called for an end to the practice, which he said “institutionalizes violence, runs counter to Catholic teaching and good educational practice, and violates local archdiocesan school policy.”

Parents and alumni were not happy with this decision and many marched on an Archdiocese office to press their displeasure with this decision. “The archbishop "is trying to fix something that's not broken, and he's going about it in the wrong way"!

I'm sure I would have enjoyed going to a school run by nuns.

I'm sure I would have enjoyed going to a school run by nuns.

That is what you think.

They were heartless bitches, all lovey-dovey sweety sweet as little Bernadette of Lourdes one day and the next ready to bite your head off and slap you in the face for no identifiable reason. Talk about bipolar.

All they cared about was making you recite catechism and the long prayers and practice neat handwriting. For teaching anything else they were worthless. Oh yes, they loved scaring kids half to death with tales of hell and eternal damnation and back in my time with fears of a commie invasion where all good Catholics would be put in camps and murdered.

I later learned in my Catholic schools, the nuns used recycled (overblown) propaganda stories from during the Spanish Civil War that were circulated by Franquist nationalists. Really lame unbelievable stuff but inexcusable to tell children.

In the 1960s all schools used corporal punishment, not just Catholic ones. In fact, in my home town corporal punishment was used much more frequently in public schools… and more arbitrarily.

I been spanked and cane in school before. I was in an all girls school. My friends and I was caught vandalising the school toilet writing the “F” word and drawing inappropriate pictures on the doors of the toilet cubicle. We were caught and given a public caning. All the girls were called to the assembly hall and the three of us were cane in front of the whole school.

When I got home mom mom was very angry as the school have informed her what happened. I got a bedtime spanking it was very painful as my bottom still sting from the caning.

In the 1960s all schools used corporal punishment, not just Catholic ones. In fact, in my home town corporal punishment was used much more frequently in public schools… and more arbitrarily.

In the US, it would often depend on state laws. I once looked up and found that where I lived, in New Jersey in the 1950s/60s, state law prohibited physical punishments in all schools in the state.

There were others too I don't remember. But they were most decidedly in the minority.

When I was in Grade School, we had to walk past the Catholic Church and school and had some conversations with some of the boy's about Nuns spankings, and being made to sit under the desk. It created nun spanking fantasies in my mind to this day...

In the 60s and 70s nuns would user a ruler on hands or knuckles. Lay teachers spanked

Whapped hand with a ruler a few times back in the early ‘70’s

Got light to moderate whaps on my hand by Sister Mary Edward’s during piano lessons if I missed a note or was too slow. It failed to improve my piano playing.

This seems to be a think with nuns. My mom mentioned many times about nuns using rulers for punishments.

The nuns in this city were characterized by being very strict and helped themselves by selling bread and giving injections. They also only accepted female students for school. They used a wooden ruler for whipping. And for the female students who studied, I heard from friends that they were lined up and had to hang up their dresses to see if their underwear was clean. They received government assistance. Financial aid, but they were characterized by having the best-trained students and were allowed to be strict in the nun schools.

I repeat that I did not study in one of these schools but several friends from my neighborhood did and they told us about their experiences.

Remember in American horror story… I think one of the first few episodes of season 2 when the blond nun got spanked?? That was 🔥 🔥 🔥

Remember in American horror story… I think one of the first few episodes of season 2 when the blond nun got spanked?? That was 🔥 🔥 🔥

@matt83 here is the clip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4iB8gTXruc

Thanks… not quite as hot as I remembered it being lol. In the show it was a little slower paced and they showed her pulling up her nun robe, or maybe that was a separate one after she was possessed.

I went to Catholic schools and all the Nuns were bitches except two, I even had a crush on them. LOL

The nuns I had in grade school didn't so much spank but rather hit you on the hands with rulers, banged your head into the chalkboard or had you kneel in the corner.

I went to an all boys catholic high school that shared a building with an all girls catholic high school. There were no nuns on the boys side but they were a fair number on the girl's side. The vice-principal in charge of discipline on the girl's side was a Nun. She had a reputation for being strict and punitive. The school did not spank but they did give detentions. It was very easy for a girl to get a detention. I had a friend who had a nun for a teacher. One day my friend was out sick. The class acted up, and she gave student in the class a detention including my friend who was home sick. The next day, she came to school and to her horror she found out that she had detention.

I heard stories about girl's getting detention for asking to use the bathroom in religion class two days in a row.

The girl's also had another rule. Any girl who got 5 days of after school detention, got the additional punishment of an all day Saturday detention where the girls got to clean the school for 6 hours wearing their uniforms. Most girls I knew got this punishment at least once. My girlfriend got Saturday detention three times and each time she got it, she was spanked and grounded at home.

I attended non-denominational Christian schools throughout my childhood and adolescence (pre-school, kindergarten, primary grades, elementary grades, junior high school, and senior high school). Because these were not Catholic schools, we didn't have nuns, but the schools were very strict and spanking discipline was commonplace.

From pre-school through highschool graduation, every teacher had a strap and a ruler that were used for spanking the palms of naughty students' hands in front of the class. The straps and rulers were smaller/lighter in the younger grades and bigger/heavier in the older grades. These palm spankings (usually 3-12 swats) were for relatively minor offenses and served as a warning that continued misbehavior would result in bare-bottomed spankings. If a student persisted in his/her misbehavior after a palm spanking, or misbehaved in a more serious way, he/she would have his/her bare bottom tanned in front of his/her classmates.

In pre-school and kindergarten, teachers put boys and girls over their laps and used a hairbrush-sized paddle (like a wooden Fuller hairbrushes, but without bristles) to spank our bare bottoms.

In the primary grades (grades 1-3), the teachers still used "hairbrush paddles" for relatively minor misbehaviors. But they also used a larger "primary paddle" for disciplining more serious misbehaviors. The primary paddle was still small enough to be administered with a naughty boy or girl laying across the teacher's lap.

In the elementary grades (grades 4-6), the teachers still used the "primary paddle" (over-the-lap) for relatively minor offenses. But, a larger "elementary paddle" was used for most misbehaviors. The elementary paddle was too big to use effectively with a boy or girl over the teacher's lap, so the student would be required to bend over the "punishment desk", with his/her bare bottom facing the class. The punishment desk was just a traditional student school desk, with a hinged lifting desktop (with a storage area beneath the desktop -- straps and paddles were usually stored inside), that was at the front of the classroom, next to the teacher's desk.

In junior high school (grades 7-8 ) and senior high school (grades 9-12), bare-bottomed punishments were administered only by the P.E. coaches, inside the boys' and girls' locker rooms. For example, if a student misbehaved during mathematics class, the math teacher would give him/her a "pink slip" to take to after-school detention period in the gymnasium. The naughty boys and girls would have to change into their P.E. uniforms and do military-style physical training (push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, and running laps) with the coaches acting like drill instructors. For some of the naughty students, the P.T. was the extent of their discipline. But, when spanking was also required, for more serious punishment, it was administered after the P.T., when the boys and girls returned to their locker rooms to shower and change back into their regular school uniforms. After showering, before even being given a towel to dry off, a student who deserved bare-bottomed corporal punishment would be required to fetch either a strap or a paddle (they were hanging on the wall in the showering dry-off area). Each locker room had an old decommissioned gymnastics vaulting horse in the showering dry-off area. Naughty students would be required to give the strap or the paddle to the coach and then straddle/bend his/her still-wet naked body over the horse. The naughty students in the locker room would witness each others' bare bottoms being tanned (usually 5-12 swats). In the boys' locker room, it was not unusual for a boy to get hard before, during, and/or after receiving a tanning. My high school girlfriend confided in me that, while less obvious, she and some of the other girls sometimes also experienced some sexual arousal when receiving locker room punishment. After a student had received his/her punishment, the coach would sign his/her pink slip. The student would then be required to take the pink slip home and obtain a parent's signature. For me and my sisters, bringing home a pink slip meant that our already-sore asses would have after-dinner appointments with Dad's razor strop in his workshop.