Her final point was that where someone reacted badly, or it was their first time, she would offer a ‘pass’ from classes for the rest of the morning/afternoon. , to avoid unwelcome attention. In her view the penalty was the caning, humiliation was superfluous. But she hoped students would be able to refuse the pass…….
Finally, I should say for the record her reputation amongst those who were experts in comparing these things, was that she was a hard caner compared to the men, only the Head being equally ‘frightening’! Quite surprising given her approach! Except her motto in everything seemed to be ‘do it right or not at all!’ .