First Hiding at OPS

Paul Alexander · July 17, 2007, 12:55:14 PM

Hi All,

The other day we were at a long service award and somebody reminded me of the amount of people in the hall who had been here for yonks (and been to school here)... I struck me that most of us would have got our first caining at OPS... now there's a memory!!

My first caning was in sub B. The teacher in question was no other than our own Dawn Watt (Dawn Johnson then I think???) and with a feather duster no less. I remember the event clearly, Wayne Handly had been splashing mud on the Sub B toilet walls and then ran off. I thought I'd be a good lad and clean the wall, so I grabbed a nearby mop and dipped it into the bucket of water and splashed it on the wall, unfortunately the bucket also contained all the muddy water that Wayne had been splashing on the walls so somebody saw me mopping the walls with mud!!!! The next thing I knew was that I was getting called out of my class after break because because Ms. Johnson wanted to see me in the STD 1 block, so off I went and was most puzzled to receive my 2 or 3 swots with the old duster!!!! - Dawn, if you read this I'm still waiting for my 6 pack bottle of beer appology and for a trip to Keetmans with you so we can give old Wayne Handly the spanking he deserves

Michele Alexander (Voden) · July 17, 2007, 01:11:47 PM

Poor Mel, no wonder you don't help with the housework - place would end up worse than when you began!

Michael Alexander · July 17, 2007, 01:53:43 PM

Hey Paul, Dawns a happily married woman to that great Stormers supporter guy called Roger, Leave her outta your twisted spanking threesomes...

;D

Rebecca19101969 · July 17, 2007, 04:30:38 PM

When I think of OPS and hidings the science teacher comes to mind!! I think his name was Mr Cloete. He had that evil white stick that he used to hit us girls on the ends of our fingers with!! That has to be illegal by now. May even have been illegal then it was so bad. I do remember he was short and could run really really fast.

Michael Alexander · July 17, 2007, 07:50:50 PM

Evenink Rebecca, I just scanned some photo's that Dawn let me use for the next update of the website, and there were quite a few of the OPS staff, dated 1975, 1981,1982 .. and that man is there, Piet Cloete, that short sadistic man with that white pointer called "The White Doctor" .. I remember in his science class, Sean Emery was always looking half goofed or something at the back row, Permanently meeting that white doctor..

I'll tell you another lekker story about Sean sometime...
;)

Warren Weidemann · July 18, 2007, 09:58:43 AM

I think my first caning was from Piet Cloete - can't really remember what it was for (obviously the point he was trying to make never really stuck).
That the start of my long association with the cane. ::)

Michael Alexander · July 18, 2007, 10:11:07 AM

Warren , was that cane with coke or lemonade...... ;D

Warren Weidemann · July 18, 2007, 11:12:07 AM

Hmmm cane and coke. Mike - You may have just stumbled on some disturbing underlying issues here...

Michael Alexander · July 18, 2007, 11:14:17 AM

So we should sue OPS for turning us all into raging alcoholics.....

;)

Paul Alexander · July 18, 2007, 11:15:42 AM

Sue or give credit where credit is due?

darryl weidemann · July 19, 2007, 10:30:40 AM

i am still going shtrong on the cane and coke issue.......
i think my first good wacking came from mr van rensburg ( i think thats him) he was the junior principle or something like that , i remember his office was in a quad near that old fish pond

Nicky Hodge · July 22, 2007, 08:47:07 AM

Hi all,
That first hiding...... who could forget that? Robert Kermis and I were caught talking by Mrs.Castle in sub B. She called us in to her empty classroom, promptly gathered and bundled about 7 or 8 of those small wooden rulers together, and whack !! Robert first, then me. I think half of them broke on Robert ....... not a great sight for number two in line, I can assure you. Then it was my turn..... Whack !!, I can hear it now LOL. She sure went through her fair share of rulers that day. Another memory I have of her is she used to have a whole pack of cardboard cards with the times tables written on the front of them. All the kids would be sitting on the carpet on the floor in front of her,while she displayed them to us one at a time. Once displayed, she would call out random names,and we were expected to rattle off the answers quick smart. Maths was never a forte of mine, and I can remember trying to avoid eye contact with her by hiding behind one of the other kids heads. I am perspiring now, just thinking about it LOL.

Does anyone know the fate of Mrs.Castle or Robert Kermis?

Warren Weidemann · July 23, 2007, 07:17:47 AM

Hi - Robbie Kermis now lives in JHB. If I'm not mistaken he supplies vehicles to movie producers to film TV adverts. Something like that...
I saw him a while ago at my brother's wedding in Durban. His brother - Gilbert Kermis is my step-father.

Nicky Hodge · July 23, 2007, 03:22:27 PM

Hi Warren,

Thanks for that information mate. I have often wondered what happened to old Robbie. Sounds like he must be doing all right for himself. I don't suppose you have an email address do you? By the way, please send my regards to Gilbert.Thanks. I think I remember your Dad........ Was his name Denzil ?

Andrew Darné · July 23, 2007, 10:38:30 PM

Back to the hidings... Anyone remember the English teacher who took over from Miss Manning (married Corbett); he used a cricket bat that was chalked so it left a chalk mark on your backside.
Remember getting bliksemd by Mr Nel (Std 5 maths), can't remember what for, just remember all the wackers stacked ontop of the intercom speaker and being told to choose one. Soon learnt that I chose the wrong one.
How was Sakkie Bergh? He could pound the wind right out of you with a mean flat hand between the shoulder blades. OOooomf! I can remember that one clearly.