These were times when there were few consequences for tyrannical teachers, and no real complaints procedure to speak of; today, schools are very different places. MemoriesIn my own case, my sixth class teacher, George Leahy at St Brigid’s BNS, easily stands out as the best I ever had. “Even a 1mm high single stripe around the top in palest pink broke that rule, and one teacher used to make girls take their socks off and walk around sockless in their school shoes for the whole day. “Another teacher used to give lines as punishment. She got all As and Bs out of her honours history students which was unheard of in our school.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2018 17:37 UTC