Comments on: Mommy, What Is a Hack? http://www.micheleandtom.com/2009/05/mommy-what-is-a-hack/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michele http://www.micheleandtom.com/2009/05/mommy-what-is-a-hack/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Michele Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:26:31 +0000 http://www.micheleandtom.com/?p=3559#comment-1037 Steve! Now that's what I'm talking about. Wow. Makes me glad that 1) I was not a boy at a catholic school in those days; and, 2) I was not a boy at a catholic school in those days. Isn't it crazy how much things have changed -- for the better? I am happy to report corporal punishment was not that extreme by the time I was in high school. Tom will laugh that my high school was an improvement! Steve! Now that’s what I’m talking about. Wow. Makes me glad that 1) I was not a boy at a catholic school in those days; and, 2) I was not a boy at a catholic school in those days.

Isn’t it crazy how much things have changed — for the better? I am happy to report corporal punishment was not that extreme by the time I was in high school. Tom will laugh that my high school was an improvement!

]]> By: Steve http://www.micheleandtom.com/2009/05/mommy-what-is-a-hack/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Steve Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:12:43 +0000 http://www.micheleandtom.com/?p=3559#comment-1036 Hmmm....hacks. Well Michele, at my high school (Jesuit High in Portland, OR) hacks were a way of life. There were very few of us who escaped the beatings. They went like this: Commit infraction March to boys' bathroom Bend over and grab ankles Have vice principal smash you on the back of your upper thighs with shaved down baseball bat Walk around circular wash basin so pain sinks in Repeat--up to seven times. And our parents paid astronomical tuition for this! Hmmm….hacks.
Well Michele, at my high school (Jesuit High in Portland, OR) hacks were a way of life. There were very few of us who escaped the beatings. They went like this:
Commit infraction
March to boys’ bathroom
Bend over and grab ankles
Have vice principal smash you on the back of your upper thighs with shaved down baseball bat
Walk around circular wash basin so pain sinks in
Repeat–up to seven times.
And our parents paid astronomical tuition for this!

]]> By: Michele http://www.micheleandtom.com/2009/05/mommy-what-is-a-hack/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Michele Thu, 28 May 2009 10:22:29 +0000 http://www.micheleandtom.com/?p=3559#comment-1018 Yes, Tom always gets a horrified look on his face whenever I start telling these sorts of school stories! Yes, Tom always gets a horrified look on his face whenever I start telling these sorts of school stories!

]]> By: Chris http://www.micheleandtom.com/2009/05/mommy-what-is-a-hack/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Chris Thu, 28 May 2009 01:52:10 +0000 http://www.micheleandtom.com/?p=3559#comment-1014 oh my gosh, this cracked me up :-) you're very right - school in suburban nj was not like this! oh my gosh, this cracked me up :-) you’re very right – school in suburban nj was not like this!

]]>