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| "Punishments & Duties"
It's about time we got a comprehensive list of the various "Punishments & Duties" that were a every day hazard at Quantock.
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Just a few comments...(sorry, ranting again I'm afraid)
There is no coincidence that a punishment at Quantock was typically called 'this-or-that' duty. This is due to the simple fact that a "punishment" only became a "duty" when an excessive amount of students had un-characteristically behaved themselves in a given week. In these barren "well behaved" spells, emergency "punishies" were simply drafted from a "duty list" (drawn up prior to the commencement of term) to fill the short fall in the expected number of miscreants.
For purely psychological reasons, Mr Phil wouldn't just stroll up to you, rise up on the balls of his feet a few times (as was his way) and say - "too many people have been good this week, so your on "TABLE PUNISHMENT" Michael", instead he would say, "Ahhh... Michaellll, I see that you'llll be joininggg the "Table Whipping Brigadeeee". Better still, if he could find some improbable reason (a pair of 'non-regulation socks' or a set of haphazard shoe laces say) he would simply inform you, that you had volunteered for "trolley duty" due to the discraceful nature of your footwear, which apparently was not up to RAF standards.
This alone (in my view) is why the School had so many shitty rules (ie dorm inspections every day, white shirts for 5th formers only etc...) ensuring that statistically a proportion of the school would fall foul of these edicts each and every day, and hence a free - and in a way -willing work force was perpetuated.
Of course the Peaster clan would probably have had it, that these rules and punishments built moral fortitude, leading to well rounded responsible individuals that understood that actions lead to consequences (instead of teaching you how to lie through the backs of your teeth, while keeping a straight face - a skill I still value). Clearly these punishments (Big Dave might go onto to explain) held no direct relationship to the profit margin of the school, and was not a pretext to save the school a stack of cash by exploiting a captive under-aged labour force of unpaid and voiceless slaves.
It's funny (now) that I parents actually paid the Peasters to let us work for them.......Hrmmmmmm |
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| | | From: Naomi | Sent: 4/5/2001 10:08 AM |
what you mean washing you wasn't a duty at one point!! when I joined as a lowly 0 I had sweeping then in the infinate wisdom that was quantock they decided 1st years should do table duty, then change their minds when I was a 2nd year and thought 2nd years should actually be the ones doing table duty, trolley duty should be done by the 3rd year, 4th year washing up and 5th year supervising and serving! However there were usually enough offenders to cover my washing up days most of the time!! thats what little brothers are for!!! |
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Let me think, in my day: 1st , Table duty 2nd, Sweeping duty 3rd, Trolly duty 4th, Serving duty 5th, General Supervision ie door, checking up on washing, j-wing (lights out ...) maybe I've got 1st and 2nd are mixed up ... What's all this about these "red squares" you mentioned ...? |
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How could I ever forget washing up duties. I remember gettin stuck with 3 whole months worth of it. But, then again, I did take the school mini-bus for a spin a few times to Minehead and back in the middle of the night. What MADNESS!!! Still, it was fun at the time. |
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| | | From: Weeko | Sent: 4/6/2001 4:55 PM |
trolley duty - what a fuckin horrible job - this was my least favorite task |
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| | | From: Teeth | Sent: 4/11/2001 6:02 PM |
red squares??????? being caught with 'dirty or unpolished' shoes was potentially fatal, having to wait till some one turned up with worse shoes than me at breakfast time could take a while!!!! |
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Mike Balkeys order of things sounds about right.
Yes - washing up was a punishment for a long time. I can't remember how you got 'selected for the various duties though - but I doubt it was a fair and even handed way. I have a feeling you could get stuck on any 'duty' by way of punishment anyway. |
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| | | From: Weeko | Sent: 4/18/2001 11:18 PM |
Wills, you got 'stuck' on a duty coz that's what year you were in...i.e
First year = table duty
Second year = wasing up
Third year = trolley duty
Fourth year = serving duty
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duty's may be in wrong years !!!!! pls correct me... |
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| | | From: Alex | Sent: 4/19/2001 12:12 AM |
| If I remember rightly there was another punishment, only available at certain times of the year, and that was sweeping leaves? I am sure Mike remembers that one? Sweeping the drive, that was about two miles long? By the time you finished going down enough leaves had fallen that you would have to start from the bottom up again? |
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Will wonders never cease, Tooms lives ..!!!!!
And yes I remeber well sweeping the old drive of its bountious leaf content ....
Let's not forget "Log chopping" I'm sure Dunc Roger will remember that one, after Mr Phil Discovered a rather large stash of "Art pamphlets" under his mattress (which he didn't even bother to deny were his... even thought that was the first time he had ever laid eyes on the the stash) after coming back after half term.... |
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I remember wasshing up duty i had to do it nearly ever day. I also remember litter picking and once when we stayed up to late me and my friends had to go for a 3 mile walk with The Headmaster in the forests in our pyjamas it was freezing. P.S I hate washing up!!!!!! |
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| | | From: Jon | Sent: 5/31/2001 12:37 AM |
I remember turning up in the Breakfast Queue too early one day. Next thing I know Mr Phil had me and 2 others reclaiming bricks all Saturday afternoon. This involved demolishing a wall and then painstakingly chipping the cement off them. |
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Washing up *punishment* - wtf? I remember in my day (well, 1981 actually), my best mate, Mark Bridges was on permanent pot-wash, and was actually paid to do it (although not an awful lot, obviously), but all the same, it was looked on as more of a priviledge than a punishment or duty. How times change, eh? |
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Supervising the pig bin, that's all I'm saying! If I remember rightly someone actually ate from the pig bin once - any ideas who? |
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Andrea there was no need to bring up the subject of someone eating from the bin i have nightmares of the food just sitting in it |
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