Hello Edward De Silva who wrote on Goanet Digest, Vol 3, Issue 1129
"We were fined for speaking Konkani at Monte Guirim, in the same token we were NOT allowed to keep any pocket money, we were beaten if we had any money on us. How did we pay the fine? some more beating :-(." Your post to goanet and your email id intrigued me. Just as a matter of curiosity when were you a student at Montir? I am an ex-student of that stupid school too. ;-) . A day scholar however - and therefore I did not suffer the worst excesses that it had to offer. Passed out circa 1977. After all the sadism we experienced, we still managed to survive in this world, didn't we? [In fact there are some who attribute their success to the beatings they got there.] By and large I don't think such behaviour which was the rule then, and not just in Guirim, will be tolerated in today's Goa, though it does happen.There is a case going on at Margao's elite Manovikas school currently. However here it appears that prima facie it is the parents rather than the teachers who are at fault, though I could be wrong. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
