She said she cried her eyes out and was then escorted back to the classroom to sit down in mixed class for the last lessons.
Her parents were informed by phone and she got another six with her dad’s carpet slipper in front of her sisters in the siting room for getting in trouble at school.
It was not unusual for either sex to get a whack in class. But more than that was a matter for official punishment.
Canings were also given by the headmaster.
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