Bad school memory- from light to heavy

Shrinkrap
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:42:44 +0000

I remember being struck with a ruler, day after day, by a beautiful nun when I was in about the fourth grade. She would hit several of us in front of class, sometimes until she raised welts. Finally enough parents complained…and she was sent to another school.

Another nun died when I was in kindergarden. We all were paraded around her body in it’s casket… I don’t think we had to touch her or kiss her or anything, but it still seemed pretty traumatic.

And then there was the “spanking machine”, supposedly in the closet…

Catholic school, NYC, late 60’s