That was very much my attitude when I frequently took a shortcut through an out-of-bounds area at school. The only difference was that I usually just got told off (although I expected to get the slipper sooner or later) so I wasn’t really risking anything. I only stopped when, having caught me 3 or 4 days running, after catching me countless times before, the teacher took me to the Associate Headmaster who gave me the cane.
Purposeful Corporal Punishment24
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A Hot Day in a Life5
then: SLAP! my left cheek protested to such treatment, SMACK! now the enitety of my right, was adding it’s...
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Caned by the Senior Mistress8
“Four strokes, miss.” We called all the women teachers “miss”, whether or not they were married. “Yes, Marling. Four...
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Catholic School in New England15
I thought very briefly about writing a new note and forging my mother’s signature, but I knew that doing...
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Slippering for ‘Fun’.13
At my school,in the 70s, I used to be in fear of getting the cane. But it was good...
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Encounters at Boarding School in the 1960s18
Another followed as I tried to suppress my screams. Then another four followed at regular intervals. I was then...
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A Trip to the Head14
Was I excited? Was I afraid? Was I curious? Was I about to laugh or about to cry? I...
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Caning from of the Times54
Mrs. Barker, of Peckham, said that towards the end of last summer Mrs. Bracey-Wright came to see her and...
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Mrs Wilkins8
Though Billy ended up getting an enema from Mrs. Wilkins once a week, it wasn’t the enemas he remembered...