A caning at my secondary school was a formal process of being scolded firmly, being informed that you were going to be caned, selecting (one of three canes); producing of the cane he chose to whack you with, flexing of the cane, the command to bend over and touch your toes, the order to raise your blazer, the tapping of the cane against your bottom, the announcement of the number of strokes you were going to receive and finally the dreaded administering of the strokes.
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