Thoughts of an Abusive but Aparant Wartime Headmaster2

During the war, I caned either on the hand or on the bottom. I did not like using the cane and disliked using it on the hands more than the bottom as there was a real risk of damage to the fingers. If caning a boy on the hands the whole process is very much quicker than if it is done on his bottom. This is why when time was short, such as for dealing with boys who were late or often after assembly it was one stroke on each hand. More than this would leave their hands throbbing for hours and be a good excuse for not doing any work because they could not hold the pen or pencil. The use of the cane was never recorded in the punishment book which again saved a lot of time. The reason these canings were not recorded was that they were canings more due to the war than offenses that would normally carry a caning. It was not a case of trying to hide them but were not regarded as serious offences against school rules that needed to be recorded. The same applied to the slipper.