The times that I received the cane I thought that the punishment was not just the cane striking my bottom but the wait outside the office before being summoned, listening to the other canings if there were boys in front of me, the flexing of the cane and the order to bend over, the caning, putting the cane back, being given permission to stand, additional scolding and finally being dismissed. The longest exprience I had was at least half an hour as there were boys in front of me who were caned before I was caned plus the other parts of the process. My question is what was the longest you had to wait to be punished and did you think that the punishment was teh whole process or just the thwacking of the cane? Did your Headmaster/mistress make a big production out of the process?