I thought that was the worst ever punishment but soon discovered that the cane and slipper hurt much more.
I didn’t receive the cane at primary school just as I didn’t receive the slipper at secondary: primary school was a time of the slipper and a more informal slap to the leg or about the head, while secondary was a time of living in fear of the cane, which I only actually got once. The slipper left me with more of a ‘smacked bum’ feeling, while the cane left me with a very sore stripe on my hand.