| Drunk in charge of Bwlchycibau School ! |
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Rob Davies |
Reports of
bad behaviour at school by Victorian
children turn up quite often in school Log Books or diaries. Bad behaviour by the teachers, fortunately, is not so common. But when the School Inspector went to Bwlchycibau School in 1881 he said that the exam results were among the worst he had seen anywhere. He blamed the teachers (all men !) and particularly one, Levi Pugh, who was lazy and drunk ! Part of the Inspector's official report on this visit to the school is shown here... |
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16th
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1881 |
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"With this report I send to the Education Department one of the worst Examination Schedules I ever saw. In 1875, at its last Inspection under a School Mistress (Amelia Thomas) this School was very good. Ever since then, under a succession of unsatisfactory School Masters, it has been steadily getting worse until the lowest depth was reached this year in the idleness and drunkenness of the late teacher, Levi Pugh". |
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"As he is gone
and the present Master, who has only been here three months, seems respectable
and industrious I have refrained from recommending a reduction of the
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