1/15/2024 0 Comments Time out corner dunce cap![]() I honestly believe one teacher in particular would have sent me to stand on the surface of the moon if he could have managed it so great was his apparent desire to see the back of me. ![]() I ended up there on a regular basis throughout my early school career in addition to being sent out of class, sent to stand in the hall, the entrance hall, you name it. Told umpteen members of your class to go stand in the corner because you’re a crap teacher and can’t control your class properly? Go stand in the…no, that last one was a joke. Expressed boredom / frustration? Go stand in the corner. Not working hard enough? Go stand in the corner. The list of offences for which one could be banished were seemingly without end. Standing in the corner however was commonplace throughout my early school years especially for a spirited, wilful child like me. While it was commonplace a decade or so before, my generation was among the first in the UK to spend our educations without its supposedly reformative influence. Let’s have a look.īy the time I reached primary school, the cane had been more or less abandoned having died a long and drawn-out death over several years. And then there was me – and quite possibly you, too. Bart Simpson was often shown languishing on a chair in the corner (when Homer was not trying to throttle him, that is) and even more so, writing good old-fashioned lines on the chalkboard after school. Misbehaving youngsters frequently find themselves sitting on the naughty step or naughty circle on Supernanny (my partner’s taste for these shows has proven to be an unintentional mine of useful research material). The answer is corner time, the dunce’s corner, standing in the corner, or whatever it’s known as in your part of the world. What do Supernanny, the Simpsons and my educational experiences all have in common? I’ve written about another toxic shame experience here
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