Because they made me go to mass. No smart 4th grader is going to mess with a Nun with a serious 5 O’clock shadow. Not when they will pick you up by the ankles and shake you upside down. Didn’t hurt but wasn’t necessary.
LOL
That brought back some memories for me. I was a particularly ornery boy and was beaten quite a bit by the sisters. The one that beat me the most always prefaced the beating with "God help you, child!" One time, after she hit me I asked her, "How is beating me helping God or me?" She smacked me so hard that time she knocked me down and loosened a tooth.