The BBC One TV show did a feature recently in response to a poll in the Times Education Supplement, which said that 20% of teachers in the UK want to bring back the cane. It has so far attracted some 250 comments on their website.
I was witness to a bachelor, good headmaster caning 25 girls and 25 boys on the back side with a 3tf + cane. Girls were made to lift their skirts in front of us all. We were all given 3 terrific strokes to the point where the head was frothing at the side of his mouth and sweating. After this experience, I am definitely against caning. A Dr or parent would not allow this to happen to their own child or to someone else. Also what damage could have been inflicted?
Could there have been something sexual in the assault on the girls?