Asked why it hadn’t been mentioned previously, my unintentional flippant rely on “you didn’t ask” hardly allowed the words to leave my lips, Miss S flew at me raised my skirt, and slapped my thigh and leg repeatedly so hard reducing me to tears, it left me with a mass of welted hand marks, which later bruised. I have no idea if the Head knew it was me who broke the window or whether my impertinent answer fired her up , but she left me under no illusion our paths should not cross again. So for me, a slapped leg was the most painful but compared to the cane I received at senior school the cane wins.
Primary School Corporal Punishments23
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School Corporal Punishment History114
Corporal punishment had been used sparingly in the first few years of St Bede’s. The seniors in their tiny...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s39
The Headmistress entered the room and we told her we would both take the canings. She took out a...
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The jocari bat1
Has anyone else heard of the jocari bat being used as an instrument of discipline? Whilst looking up something...
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Receiving Corporal Punishment as an Adult out of Curiosity22
Also, normal rattan can wrap around the flank and deeply mark the hip if the caner is not experienced...
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Gym Master jungle4
“How many did you get?!-“Six you bloody idiot, isn’t it always?!-“Did it hurt?!-“Nah” (liar)-“Cor, show us then. Wow! bet...
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Another perspective of School Caning1
“I was frightened of that cane. There is no small boy in the world who wouldn’t be. It wasn’t...
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Canings That Went Wrong17
However this did not happen all the time. This teacher was very unpredictable. One minute she was very bright...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s5
However, I had kept out of any trouble at all and was already getting a reputation as a swot...