Counting to ten in French

I remember Mr Hughes who was the geography teacher, also football team manager, he once caned everybody in the class who had not completed their homework, I managed to escape that one, he had a very fiery temper, also Mr Herman, a very well built man who used to threaten everybody with a variety of pumps, he taught french, but because he just did not know how to discipline people after 4 years I can only count up to 10 in French. One day when the class was going mad he was rescued by Mr Askey, who happened to be our form teacher at the time. He was another strict one and the class just went silent when he walked in. I also remember Mr Palmer, who was also our form teacher in later years, I think he was my favourite.