The nightmarish aspect of the cane cannot be conveyed by considering a single stroke.
There is a time between knowing that you are going to be caned and the actual caning. At my public school, this would often be 36 hours. Then, on the evening itself – beatings were always done during ‘prep’, ie, homework – there was the wait for the summons to the Head Prefect’s study.
I ended up being caned twice, aged 16 and 17. Both times it involved 6 strokes of the cane...
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