There was no such thing as drugs grades 1-8 but one eighth grader was expelled for smoking after school…
Individuals would often receive a thrashing but more often it was because of Mr. Robinson’s or any number of other’s behavior earning the entire class extra pages of homework due tomorrow…
We had a tremendous amount of homework already so extra was piling on… all based on peer pressure.
Boy Girl home parties outlawed in conduct code and the principal would show up at a students home on a weekend if she got word of a boy-girl party happening… it was quite a scandal in the diocese and parents pushed back and won that fight.
My 5th grade nun had her 50th year teaching when I was in her class and she was 68 that year.
All 54 of her students chipped in 25 cents each and bought a huge sheet cake for $10 plus a card…
We did not have any homework that night!!!
Everyone had a job… one year my job was to clean the blackboard with a sponge end of each day… others wash windows, take out the trash, sweep outside, air up the balls… later I was audio visual and safety patrol Sargent of signs… at the traffic intersection…
It was quite different coming from public school…
I was so glad to get to high school where group punishment didn’t exist.
With High School came my first exposure to stoners… the stoners didn’t last long and if a girl became pregnant she was expelled…