Brother had graduated With distinction Easily obtained Kindergarten Admission
Already done Started good At another school With A thatched roof
Father Rector Vaguely remember. English Language Skills Written and spoken Was the intention For a Convent Education
The first school Just off the ground Hop skip and jump From home
Virtue in Difficulty Motto enforced with authority Back of beyond The oven a bear to clean The school of hard knocks 14 years Hornets Nest 4 year kid Put to test
Every year A cross to bear Every teacher A nightmare
Atmosphere Anxious Psychosis cheek by jowl with Feel the heat Skip a beat Learn it all Before you are 3 feet tall
Every Monday Cloud on the Horizon Tuesday Better left unsaid Wednesday Between a Rock and a Hard Place Thursdays Hammer and anvil Fridays Thank god it is
Discipline and Education Was the Motivation Real or Mask I'm yet to Unmask
Boys Ranked Made to feel inferior Fail a subject Humiliate Parent For kid not being perfect Boys branded Humiliation indidnity Insult to injury Nuremberg trials shorter Silently stand there Standard Convent fare
Provocative Attire By the teacher Didn't make matters better Students imbibed earlier Than required by law of nature Sexuality brazen Ahead of the curve Gradation of ******* Affected permanently Mental stability View of women Totally in contradiction Damaged forever Lasted till wedlock Wedlock did not last
No room for sth Beyond the pale A square peg in a round hole Puritanism produced swivel eyed zealots Pursued their mania with little sense of proportion
Higher classes No better Tight leash Grip never eased Termination threatened Repeat a year warned
Having to endure Performance preasure Nervous breakdown Not uncommon Common in classes Standard 10 and Twelwe Every day a living hell
Spare the rod Spoil the child Idiom for conduct In this school invented
Untidy Attire Consequences dire Late to school Flatten your soul Talk in class Break you like glass Tarnished shoe Wrist turns blue Study material Not in order No escaping the clobber Time at Alcatraz A Concert of Jazz Holidays a parole Graduation day Jackrabbit Parole Diesel ride No more required
Fourteen years Buck Rogers time Rigorous Relentless Souls broken With precision
Served *** Beef At the Cuckoos Nest Doing the Dutch Break Fluids Considered once Watch the wind or Bark at the Moon World weary Experience equals That of a Vietnam Vet Faced many a bullet But we at the convent Had to endure Nurse Ratched