It’s a severe caning (although certainly not in the absolutely most severe class) and with the exception of the chalking of the cane – which is the stuff of legend, and something that has always been regarded as cheating in Australia – it is portrayed remarkably accurately – I will say that Danny takes it very stoically, but some boys could and did take it like that. Not many though, really (although, many claim they did, and it would be a rather cruel and inept teacher who told their friends the truth). But though accurate, it shows a severe caning. I haven’t caned like that in at least a quarter of a century, and only fairly rarely before that for serious offences.