I Got Caned At School

I attended a very old fashioned girls' school for the daughters of expats in sourthen Africa. I was caned five times in my six years at the school. Once each in second, third and fourth year and twice as a fifth-former. The cane was used only for the most serious offences (playing truant, serious insubordination). I got mine mainly for truancy and out of bounds. You got six strokes from the headmistress in her office, bending over a chair or her desk, skirt raised, through your knickers, and yes, it hurt a lot.