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Teachers Old Saying

Bernard67Arnold

Bernard67Arnold

master brummie
When the war started in 1939, quite a number of young male teachers went off to join the army, and RAF, and were replaced either by women, or old men bought out of retirement, we had one
former retired teacher called Will Scarlett. A grey haired, upright smart chap who was very scrict.
He kept 12 canes in the cupboard, all with names on. One of his favourite saying was "Young man
if you had your brains in your eye, they wouldnt make your eye water." anyone else remember
any, Bernard.
 
Bernard, one of my old teachers. a Mr. Price, kept his collection of canes in a golf-bag; they were numbered as golf-clubs. You didn't want a swing from his mashie-niblick! (7 iron)
 
One of our college lecturers, when annoyed with someone used to say
“ you young sir are a carbuncle on the backside of the human race”
 
I remember when Frankie Harris played up Mr Smith threatened to cut his water off?. Not a clue what he was on about.
 
One of the teachers in my senior school always said the same thing every time he gave one of us the cane, " this is going to hurt me more than you".I always thought 'no it isn't'.
 
Miss Taylor at Junior school always threw the windows open if you coughed or sneezed and said coughs and sneezes spread diseases. She also made us sit upright, breath in deeply and say smell the rose.
 
Good thread, Bernard!
Pobble P, maths teacher, used to say, "Even a man with a cork eye can see that!"
Same gent..."Is that not crystal clear?" No, it rarely was.
Bert W. "Whatyadoin?.......... Chewin!"
 
Glaring a a boy who had whispered something to his deskmate, said intimidatingly in a melodious Welsh accent: "I'll be over there in a minute!"

And, "Where were you the day intelligence was handed out?"
 
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Mrs Hardy of Burlington St. school used to say (1960's)

"Good, better, best,
Never let it rest,
Till your good is better,
And your better best.

enough to turn anyone into a perfectionist :(
 
Our science teacher ( his name escapes me ) had a 2" X 2" X 3 foot piece of wood stood in the corner with the word "NOTHING" engraved on it. If he caught anyone playing up, he would shout, "what are you doing boy!" The most likely answer back would be, "Nothing sir". "Right you will have nothing then!" was his stern reply and he would smash it on your desk, you didn't play up again. Needless to say we got though a lot of desks them days. lol
 
We had a geography teacher at my school, i think his name was Mr Mead, it was a long time ago.

He used to walk around the classroom saying "i'm looking for a head", eg one to slap if it wasn't facing the right way.

His other favourite saying was "Prepare to engage your cereberum". Funny the things you remember teachers for, rather than what they tought.....
 
Taffy Davies used to say, 'One boy is worth a man, two boys are worth half a man and three boys is useless. Regards David
 
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