Tribute to retired teachers of St Joseph primary

August 30, 2016

By Omilla Mungroo. This is in tribute to the retired teachers of the St Joseph Government Primary School who taught between 1972 and 1978: Mrs P Belmar, Ms Martin, Ms D Punch, Ms M Grenaway, Ms Chase, Ms Peters, Mr Gill, and then principal Mr Martin (deceased).

A tribute to all who ran things

When school days were indeed happy days:

Nobody raised their voices to protest when being disciplined.
The only crime was writing on the desks.
Not a squeak when you get a strap across your back, perhaps for talking in class or chewing gum or just clowning around.
Discipline was a non-issue in schools.
Parents parented.
Neighbours lived like family and you couldn’t break beech, somebody must see you and tell your parents.
Sir or Miss came home to visit once in a while and knew your parents well.
No knife attack or fighting.
You had to line up in the hot sun and stand straight as a needle.
Finger nail inspection every morning.
Uniform inspection every morning.
You walked to your classrooms in single file.
You were taken outside lots of times to recite and memorise times tables and spelling and vocabulary.
Shoes were to be clean always, both boys’ and girls’ shoes.
Not a protest for any raise in salary.

Yuh think it sorf? All of a sudden teaching get hard!

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