#THE DIRTY MAC SESSIONS HOW TO#

Move! Now stretch up with your arms and press down with your toes once, twice, three times. Are you sorry now Alison for what you did?' For now she is going to stand up there as a warning to us all. She is coming back for another detention tomorrow night. 'Alison disobeyed by not getting dressed properly. The girls turned to the rostrum, and to Alison holding aloft her banner. Now then class,' she said, addressing the rest of the girls (who had been continuing with their jumping) 'jumping astride, stop!' Thankfully, they stopped. The girl climbed the three steps at the back of the hall and turned to face the teacher. Now hold it there and stand up on the rostrum so we can all see it clearly.' On a long piece of cardboard, about nine inches wide, was printed the sentence 'I am being punished for disobedience'. Hold it up high above your head so we can all see.' 'You are properly prepared now?' she asked. She tore it off without getting out her arms, and feverishly rebuttoning, rushed back to Miss Mulcahy. Twenty seconds to get change! Run along!'įighting back tears, Alison ran into the changing room, pulled off her panties and unbuttoned her mac to get at her bra. For the present you will get properly dressed and stand on the rostrum with this placard so we can all learn from your mistake. Report at four o'clock and be ready to stay till seven. You and I shall have a detention all to ourselves tomorrow evening. My instructions were perfectly clear and I shall have to punish you for disobeying them. 'Well now, Alison, you must learn to listen to what you are told. 'So you have your brassiere on as well, do you?' 'I thought you meant just tunic and blouse, Miss,' the girl whispered, her head down. 'Did you hear me say you were to strip before putting on your other things?' 'To change into our macs and gymshoes, Miss.' 'What were my instructions concerning dress, Alison?' The teacher asked, her voice degrees colder. Miss Mulcahy lifted the hem of the girl's mac, and dropped it again. 'Have you dressed properly? - Let me see.' Have you been in one of my detentions before?

#THE DIRTY MAC SESSIONS HOW TO#

Tonight we will teach you how to run, and you will not be late for Assembly again. What should you do when you are late for Assembly, Alison?' 'And why are you being punished this afternoon?' 'Jumping astride, Halt!' she said to the unfamiliar girl.

Miss Mulcahy went from girl to girl, making sure each was dressed properly.Ī girl from 5A was in Miss Mulcahy's detention for the first time. 'Jumping astride, begin!' she commanded, and the girls began to jump their legs astride and together obediently. Two and a quarter minutes later the girls stood in rows on the gym floor. Last one ready will stay an extra quarter of an hour.' Strip down, and then put on your macs and gymshoes. For Miss Mulcahy it was a mac and plimsolls, and three hours would be spent in the gym. For other teachers they would take a textbook and some paper and work for an hour in a classroom. It was part of her 'No Nonsense' methods. Remember to bring your mac and pumps.'Įverybody had to bring their school macs and gymshoes to Miss Mulcahy's detentions. 'Come back on Tuesday night and I'll show you how. 'How many times have I told you to pull your shoulders back, Sandy?' she had said. This time it had been walking with a slouch. And whenever Miss Mulcahy's turn to supervise detention came round, she found an excuse to put Sandy's name down. The fact was her form teacher had a 'thing' about her. Sandy knew why she had been put in the detention book, but the real reason wasn't what was written down. 'Talking after lights out,' Janet whispered. 'What are you in for?' asked Sandy of her neighbour, a dark-haired girl called Janet from the same class.

The dirty mac sessions