re: Did Teachers Make you Write sentences for misbehaving?

I went to Catholic schools and yes they were big on writing lines. They would also give you near impossible numbers to write, like 10,000 times or something. I waited way to close to the deadline once and knew there was no way I could get it done in time. Then a "buddy" recommended using multiple sheets of carbon paper (like they weren't going to notice) so I could write 10 or so pages at a time. You had to keep the pages perfectly aligned and press really hard but my time was short. So while everyone was playing at noon recess, I was sitting alone, feverishly writing "I will not cheat in school"....LOL! Well when the bell rang to go back to class, I thought I had made my deadline. That was until I started pulling the carbon paper out of the stack and realized I had put it in with the carbon facing the wrong way! Not a good day when a nun reverts to the paddle in front of the whole class.

I just did this in a few minutes with my technique from my middle school days:



You will see where I used lines to my advantage. I also turned the paper sideways for Ws and drew them as Es.

I also picked pencil movements that were simple so, up then down. I did u and m together. G by itself.

I got paddlings. Even in high school, my father would fax over a sheet endorsing the use of corporal punishment on me if I ever fricked around. Only took two before I realized that I wasn't going to do it again.