I had my moments. However, my Dad was a Grand Night in the KOC, and was in tight with the priests. He knew all the details before he arrived home from work, every time; much to my chagrin. Guilty as charged!
Uh-huh! You knew you would get it at school and at home. And you’d better not bad-mouth the sisters or the teachers, right? That’s how it was in my home. My mother would say, “I don’t want to hear it”. Exact quote. She told me after I had reached adulthood that she did not always agree with what the sisters had punished us for, but that there was no way she would say anything against them in our presence.
Sadly, today, even in many Catholic schools, the parents are up in arms if their precious children are scolded for anything or if their lazy kids don’t get good grades that they have not earned.