Back in the day when they had corporal punishment, you got whacked by the teacher or Principle and then got whacked again when you got home because they called your parents.
And “permanent” doesn’t mean much. Twenty years after high school, I requested a copy. Some administrator “corrected” the the class title because they “knew” I could not have taken French IV earlier than senior year. If you want to correct something, just give me straight A’s!
I am still convinced that ‘Permanent Record’ does indeed exist, at least it did not too long ago….
Something well in excess of four decades ago I applied to join a LE agency…the process was long and arduous and painfully comprehensive, as it very much should be, with the background checks including nterviews of teachers and neighbours and so forth. Contrary to modern conventional ‘wisdom’ , the thought then was that if you were a bad kid, chances are you were going to carry those habits into adulthood…
The crusty old Corporal who was handling my application called me in to advise me that I had passed the background portion…as he congratulated me, he rather off-handedly asked me if I still smoked…
Huh? I didn’t smoke, never had…
Apparently I did. I and a couple other lads had gotten caught doing that very thing, smoking boagies that we had nicked from our parents.
In the fourth grade.
And my elementary school principal still remembered.
danketaz Premium Member 25 days ago
FBI has it.
Nuke Road Warrior 25 days ago
I’m not worried, they consistently misspelled my name in school. And no, it’s not a complex or hard to pronounce name, just a common English one.
PraiseofFolly 24 days ago
That Permanent Record has been uploaded into ‘The Cloud’, by which St. Peter has instant access when your time comes. (—
juicebruce 24 days ago
Nope never wondered about that ;-)
dbrucepm 24 days ago
it was thrown out when they graduated
Ichabod Ferguson 24 days ago
Microfilm
ajr58(1) 24 days ago
It stopped being an issue, once we became the people our parents warned us about
timzsixty9 24 days ago
it died the same time as the “no child left behind” BS came into existence.
Gent 24 days ago
You better behaves young bear and steals that apple and eats it. How’d ya theenks ya gonna grows up to be successful picanic basket steal…er.. dealer?
ctolson 24 days ago
It became useless when they stopped teaching Cursive Writing as soon, nobody will be able to read it.
ctolson 24 days ago
Back in the day when they had corporal punishment, you got whacked by the teacher or Principle and then got whacked again when you got home because they called your parents.
ladykat 24 days ago
There are no consequences for misbehaving in school any more.
phacochere5 24 days ago
And “permanent” doesn’t mean much. Twenty years after high school, I requested a copy. Some administrator “corrected” the the class title because they “knew” I could not have taken French IV earlier than senior year. If you want to correct something, just give me straight A’s!
Zen-of-Zinfandel 24 days ago
I thought the permanent record listed a bunch of test scores.
Searcy9320 24 days ago
I know my Permanent Record did not keep me out of the Draft.
beharford 24 days ago
I am still convinced that ‘Permanent Record’ does indeed exist, at least it did not too long ago….
Something well in excess of four decades ago I applied to join a LE agency…the process was long and arduous and painfully comprehensive, as it very much should be, with the background checks including nterviews of teachers and neighbours and so forth. Contrary to modern conventional ‘wisdom’ , the thought then was that if you were a bad kid, chances are you were going to carry those habits into adulthood…
The crusty old Corporal who was handling my application called me in to advise me that I had passed the background portion…as he congratulated me, he rather off-handedly asked me if I still smoked…
Huh? I didn’t smoke, never had…
Apparently I did. I and a couple other lads had gotten caught doing that very thing, smoking boagies that we had nicked from our parents.
In the fourth grade.
And my elementary school principal still remembered.
brick10 24 days ago
It’s still out there, though it may be no longer a physical document, just scanned and stored until the FBI subpoenas it.
greenlynn Premium Member 24 days ago
My permanent record skipped a groove or two.
razzledazzle295 23 days ago
Seldom think about it.