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At my school from 6-12, we did indeed have to get up at 2am for matins. We went to bed at 8, woke at 2, went to chapel, back to bed, up at 6. This practice has
by madaxe_again 11y ago
At my school from 6-12, we did indeed have to get up at 2am for matins. We went to bed at 8, woke at 2, went to chapel, back to bed, up at 6.
This practice hasn't entirely died out.
My principal memories of it consist of biting cold. Our dorms were unheated, so getting up in the freezing night was pretty unpleasant, and getting back to sleep was hard to say the least. While we were out the moisture in the room would condense on the iron frames of the bunks, and freeze.
Needless to say these days I do the standard 3am-8am God I feel fuck-awful "sleep" propped up with plenty of coffee.
- lunula 11y agoFascinating. Where were you in school?
- madaxe_again 11y agoUK. This was '88-'94. Small prep school in Hertfordshire that has since modernised and gone co-ed. It's almost a shame. Our lives there bordered on abusive in many regards, but it was brilliant - we were allowed to run around with rifles, go off exploring the countryside unsupervised, play with explosives, and the education was ridiculously good in hindsight. We had a lot of freedom within the rules - but if you broke them... Corporal punishment! Usually just a birch to the hands, and oh boy did it work - never got caught the same way twice!
- jusben1369 11y agoI went to a Christian Brother's High School in the 80's. 2 of the best, 4 of the best or God forbid 6 of the best. It was a tougher all boys school in the inner city. I think for the most part it kept us in line. My total for the entire year was 6 while the "worst" of the boys were at 60 or 70 in total by the end of a year.
- ionised 11y agoAs a UK citizen who attended a straightforward city primary school and secondary boys school your experience is completely alien and fascinating to me. I had no idea such schools existed, even 20 years ago.