When I was in form 5 I was skipping a lot of classes but the senior mistress soon found out and I was escorted to her office by the head prefect who remained inside the office during the entire time.
I was strapped across both hands 6 times with a very thick leather strap and because I took to long to put my hands up between strokes was also given a really good leg slapping as well.
The prefect escorted me back to the classroom but never said a word to me. I was crying all through the lesson and was very upset for the rest of the day.
That was the first and only time I had been strapped and it was very hard to take but I never skipped any classes after that.