Sadistic teachers

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Oh my goodness yes, lots of stories of sadistic cruel teachers. In primary school, back in the days of streaming, I was in the top group and we were targeted by several of our teachers for ridicule. One teacher in particular, "Mr James", would creep up behind me as I sat diligently at my little desk, eight years old and with a reading age of 14, and he would cough and as we all turned around he would pop his false teeth out to scare us then stand there glaring at us looking like a monster. I've never forgotten. He would give the strap to boys but not girls. The girls were all too intimidated to act up. it was creepy as well as scary.