Hi Jan. Good on you to throw it back, should not be allowed. They are nothing but bullies and should not be in the job they are doing. I know what you went through, these group of girls always talked in class and every time the teacher asked who was talking this group of girls and the rest of the class always pointed to me, I had to go to the front of the class and had to hold out the hand of my choice, I always gave my left hand as if I gave my right it would be too sore to hold the pen to write with and I would have got this huge dap whack my palm of hand from not writing, by the end of the day I must have had a few dozen whacks on my palm, I was in junior school at that time, none of them would play with me, so I sat alone in the playground at play times, then go to class to get whacked, then go home to my nasty mother and one of my step fathers who used his belt with the buckle end. I also had a very good part in my life with my grand father who idolised me and worshipped the floor I walked on, but found out only a few years ago that he was not my real grandfather, that they adopted my mother during the blitz, I have my grandfathers name on my birth certificate, they could not adopt me as it would make my mother my sister. I found where my real father was living and he had passed away in hospital, the funeral was just a few days before I got there, sad, very sad, I did meet my real half brother and step mother and my fathers very best friend, all the details of their address, phone numbers were all on my computer that broke a few months ago, maybe it was meant to be, life has sure thrown some horrid things at me, you know that song, and lord you gave me a mountain, well I think I had the volcano. I have found my joy on the internet, Jan I have learnt more than any school could teach, I know for a fact that history and its dates are false, so Jan we have a new life in the Guide school and look at all our lovely friends in our classroom, the internet is our lessons, learn what you want to learn on the internet, our head masters are the tech staff in the tech head masters room, any bullies and they will ban them from our classroom. -----Original Message----- From: Jan - Email Address: j.jk.downes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 18/01/2012 17:24 Sent To: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Punishment Hi,I absolutely hated school of every description except in art,and that was only because the teacher took a fancy to me and used to make me sit at the front of the class to be drawn by the rest of the class.You can bet that I went down like a led balloon with the rest of the class,oh well that was the only teacher where I was teacher's pet. Now for the reality,I was caned,hit with a ruler at the back of my legs,hands,and had a black board rubber,the wooden kind thrown at me from the front of the class where the teacher stood,and as for me I liked to sit at the back of class so you can imagine the force of that blackboard rubber.IT hit me right on the side of my head as I was trying to duck,but not quick enough. I was incensed to say the leased and with great unfairness to me as I was not doing anything wrong,well not that time anyway,I picked up the blackboard rubber and threw it right back and hit her.Not sure where it landed on the teacher but by god did I get a good caning for that,even more injustice at least as far as I was concerned. I seemed always to be in trouble in those days ,I was told to get that grin of your face,I and consequently had to stand on the stage at assembly in front of the whole school and be ridiculed .All they managed to do to me was for me to make sure that no one would reduce me to tears even though that is what I wanted to do.So from then I have had always to be strong and make out that everything for me was fine,but hell it wasn't at all.We all have our own little book inside us,some chapters remain closed,as to re visit does do no good at all. Leave you with a memory.Love Jan. from Vanessa The Google Girl. my skype name is rainbowstar123