After the last stroke, she said, “Get out of my sight.” She then told the class that she would check in every week to be sure that we were behaving ourselves. That was the first paddling I witnessed, but it was far from the last. During that school year, an average of about one student a month was paddled in our class. The routine was always the same-a stern admonition to the offender, who then assumed the position on his hands and knees and waited while Mother Frances lectured the class, then eight to twelve hard whacks with the wooden paddle while Mother Frances continued the scolding. About half of the offenders cried.
Catholic School in New England5
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience57
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Receiving Corporal Punishment as an Adult out of Curiosity23
I took the full six tonight! I have to say it took some real effort and if I had...
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School Slippering in the 50s 1
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Corporal Punishment References85
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How Hard Would It Be To Bring Back CP in the UK1
So often I read in the threads about the benefit of CP from those on the receiving end. But...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience5
The cane HURTS and the pain is quite a shock and impossible to describe.I was caned for the first...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage58
This is assuming a differentiation of 20 times as many boys caned as girls – which seems to be...
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Old-Fashioned Terms for a Caning2
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