Jane Kelley (On 02 Jun 97) was overheard expounding to Bob Moylan
 JK> BM>  Contrary to
 JK> BM> what you and Andrew seem to believe that kind of adult
 JK> BM> behavior did little, nothing IMO, to enhance the respect of
 JK> BM> students for teachers.
 JK> I've talked to folks who went to Catholic schools were the nuns did
 JK> not spare the rod at all.  They have respect for those women still.
 They must have been quite well indoctrinated then.  My mother sent
 me to a catholic school out of respect for my paternal grandmother
 (my father's family was, still are I suppose, staunch catholics) I
 didn't stay through the first grading period.  One of those nuns was
 a bitch of the first order who routinely started a day by smacking
 the snot out of the first kid who did anything at all she didn't
 like ... it went down hill from there .. I went home just once with
 the mark of a ruler across my face then I was out of there.  In those
 days those nuns were no more qualified to teach than the man in the
 moon.
 JK> Most of the time, 90% of the administration and teaching staff in any
 JK> given school don't impress me as having the good sense to come in out
 JK> of the rain.
 No argument from me on that one....
... If at first you don't succeed you're doing about average	
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