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Thread ID: 66672	2006-03-03 09:21:00	WFTWE #196....Pseudomnesia or Presbyophrenia?....the Benson-Pope conundrum....	Billy T (70)	PC World Chat

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435235	2006-03-03 09:21:00	Is it Pseudomnesia? Memory for things that never happened, or Presbyophrenia . . . . The loss of memory through aging that is haunting him? Maybe his curse is Paleomnesia . . . . A good memory for events of the far past that is bringing past students out of the woodwork . All I know is that if some of the teachers of my era were brought before the Courts they would face far more serious charges for the physical beatings and verbal abuse they administered, but strange as it may sound, I don't feel damaged by it, and reflect on my schooldays with genuine affection . Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused:	Billy T (70)
435236	2006-03-03 09:53:00	My mum's maths teacher used to throw potplants across the room - she thought he was awesome. Probably more effective than the boring "3.15" list they do these days (for those who don't get that, it's people who will stay behind at 3.15).	george12 (7)
435237	2006-03-03 09:57:00	My science teacher caned a girl across the face, we didn't see him again after that..... ....was a rough school......	Metla (12)
435238	2006-03-03 10:22:00	I started getting soundly thrashed in the older classes in primary school, and they only stopped belting me when I left high school. I even got whacked by the principal in the seventh form. In all but two cases we had to go to the men's staff room at breaks for our thrashing and we had to bend over in front of all the male staff who were sitting around the walls eating their sammies and tea and tiny cakes, watching the circus. Never once did I show any emotion (wouldn't give the b's the satisfaction) and I always politely thanked who ever the abuser was as I left the room, as a way of keeping my dignity while they lost theirs. Pricks. One master regularly lost control when he was abusing students. And that is just the physical abuse of those days - male and female teachers were also adept at belittling pupils, and I personally remember that as being worse than the belting. When I see what B-P is accused of, I remember far, far worse, as the others have said. And one of the hypocrites who is calling him a bully and pervert probably experienced the same as me (I would guess he went to the same school as me). No doubt now that Hide has the power to turn the tables, he has found an opportunity to take at least symbolic revenge on the teachers he remembers. Every time I see him and Collins in action, I ask myself "who is the worst bully in the House at the moment? Who are the hypocrites here?". And then I turn off the TV before I blow a valve. It is far easier to follow the pack mentality and bully someone than it is to put forward constructive alternatives to the ruling party's policies. Lazy, abusive politicians, and we pay these plonkers to do it! I doubt that Parliament has ever been at a lower ebb than it is at present.	John H (8)
435239	2006-03-03 17:38:00	I started off not having any sympathy for him but now I do. OK he was a jerk but it seems its getting a bit hysterical now - Hide calling him a pervert. He didn't molest anyone and I think people need to be very careful before accusing people of perversion.	pctek (84)
435240	2006-03-03 18:53:00	I haven't been following it because it seems like a classic storm in a teacup. Sure, the things B-P did are not acceptable but just to put the teacher's side of it I have done a bit of releif teaching, and one student one day was doing the opposite of what I asked him so when he was standing at his desk I pulled the chair away from behind and said "Don't sit down." Of course he did, and that shut him up for a while. Now that is not a good thing to do ( I left shortly afterwards, couldn't cope with it) and yes that's the sort of thing I realise could come back to haunt me too. The irony is that those now ranting about 'bullying' and are oh so shocked are probably the supporters of corporal and capiltal punsihment. Wierd.	mark c (247)
435241	2006-03-03 19:29:00	Judge not lest ye be judged.. or something like that. I think the real question is can these dudes make reasonable decisions that are in the common good for the country? As the answer is clearly no, we must do our civil duty, revolt together, blow up the behive and hang the lot of them..... :D Tee hee hee	personthingy (1670)
435242	2006-03-03 22:39:00	As I listen to what people are saying I think the tide of opinion is turning against the National Party and Hide. They will be wise to drop their attacks in the next session of Parliament.	Dally (6292)
435243	2006-03-03 22:57:00	As I listen to what people are saying I think the tide of opinion is turning against the National Party and Hide. They will be wise to drop their attacks in the next session of Parliament. I'm really in sympathy with your views, Dally, but there does seem to be a total lack of wisdom within the opposition at the moment! It may be a forlorn hope "they will be wise to drop..."! Personally, I am really happy this particular shower are not on the Treasury benches at the moment given their lamentable display (another example is Bill English - who doesn't seem to have figured in this particular example of pack mentality - who had to get warned off his obsession with attacking NZQA, and therefore implying students' qualifications weren't worth the paper they were written on, because the public were getting hoha with him). Move along folks, there is no story here. However, if the boot was on the other foot, I am not sure that the Labour Party would be any better if they were given a sitting duck like DB-P on the other side of the house. There does seem to be a raw, confrontational, unforgiving attitude in the country these days. The Fairfax Press in ChCh continuing to trot out their campaign against CPIT is another example of what I mean. People just will not move on, and keep putting the boot in. Climbing into the total plonker Peters may also be fun on a slow news day, but they couldn't even wait for him to get his feet under the desk before they attacked his ability to do the job. It took an Aussie Cabinet Minister to suggest they back off because he was actually doing a good job! But maybe the pack mentality of the media is another issue for another time... :waughh:	John H (8)
435244	2006-03-03 23:04:00	As I listen to what people are saying I think the tide of opinion is turning against the National Party and Hide. They will be wise to drop their attacks in the next session of Parliament. Taking the moral high ground is an extremely dangerous activity. The higher you get, the further you fall and the Nats have more skeletons to hide than anybody. Personally I think B-P may have been a bit of a dick from time to time during his teaching career, but by all accounts he's a "get it done" politician and to lose his talents over these historical allegations would be a shame. You have to ask why the current crop didn't surface when the original "Tennis Ball" accusation was made. Maybe they needed intensive therapy from the anti-B-P brigade to help them recover lost memories. Cheers Billy 8-{) As an aside, I can't see how anybody could get a tennis ball in their mouth, I was reminded of this today when I saw a small dog carrying a tennis ball. I saw how wide his mouth had to open to hold it, so when I got home I checked and the widest gap I can produce is a shade under 4.5cm. A regulation tennis ball has a diameter of 6.75cm (thanks Google) so how on earth could a child manage that without a cantilevered jaw?	Billy T (70)
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