And there was no way you told your Mum you had fallen off unless you needed her to stop the bleeding!
side note - when I was at school the quad was made of tar with little red stones in it
these stones had edges that were 1,000,00 times sharper than a razor
so if you fell over then it hurt - and we HAD to wear shorts
but going to the teacher was a nono - they would but anti-septic on it
and the one they used was witch hazel - and the liquid that carried it was alcohol
which stung
A LOT!!!
we were brought up to be hard in my day!