I also think that if I had been placed on detentions when I misbehaved I would have misbehaved anyway, so again detention was not an effective punishment. If I was going to misbehave potential punishment did not deter me, I just went ahead and broke school rules which resulted in me being caned. While this is anecdotal I have to ask my fellow posters if they believe that they learnt from their punishments? or do you think that generally the consequences of misbehaviour don’t enter into someone’s head?