"Yelling was to built character.  Make yu strong for when the tough times came.  Though most of life was nae as rough as they put it up to seem."  He chuckled.  "I had a bit of a mischievous line back then... well, still do, to be honest.  I sometimes went a bit over the line, so guess I needed the rod from time to time.  Though rebellion when even the teachers back in school gave me trouble over my accent.  And dinna get me started if they heard me using the Gaelic.  I can still feel the rod on my hands and shoulders."  He rolled his back just thinking about it.