I must say I'm glad I didn't go to school in the UK. It sounds dreadful. quote
yes in the fifties and sixties it was in many ways. blackboard rubbers, chalk, thrown at pupils, boys ears pulled, the cane and corporal punishment AND the dunces cap. and then in ireland there were the christian brothers, who were not very christian
If some of the exteachers take offence and cannot admit that there were bad teachers and teaching, tough.
I do remember a minority of good teachers who gave up their spare time to give art lessons on sat mornings, the best teachers i ever had were out of music teachers, who taught privately