Until then each stroke had built upon the previous, becoming more and more unendurable, but the third stroke had seemed to be the peak. The fourth stroke only extended the pain. It _was_ agonizing — I could not stop weeping — but it was endurable. I had not screamed and jumped about the room uncontrollably. I had taken my caning like a man! “Very well done,” said the soothing voice of the woman, and I felt her kneel next to me. “I know how hard that was for you. The first caning is always the worst.” Her hand rested on my back as I shuddered and quivered, huge sobs bursting from me uncontrollably. I wept more from relief than from pain, for the pain was already fading.
A Trip to the Head34
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Witnessing Punishment2
Although undoubtedly rare in UK schools, even in the sixties, I did witness boys being caned in assembly at...
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Chastisement Across the Ages10
He began enlarging his activities in his office itself: at one time, during the school-vacations, a “resident housemaster” was...
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The Cane or Anarchy15
In the end one director took retirement with us twisting some arms to get him a part time post...
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Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days38
I caned three girls – and I became aware of particular feelings I didn’t have when caning boys. However,...
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The fake temperature3
Mother normally did not return before three minutes had elapsed (the thermometer was supposed to be accurate after one...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage25
Nowadays, we do actually have published research that backs this up, but with this as in many other cases,...
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Old-Fashioned Terms for a Caning3
In P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang a boy asks lead character Alan Duckworth, who had just been caned, whether he...