I Got The Cane In School 6 Of The Best

Most canings were administered in the headteachers' studies where we were either caned singly or with our fellow offenders.

Occassionally a large group would be caned. This was usually when teachers had made a concerted effort to catch smokers or there was a crackdown of lateness, uniform violations or some other petty rule.

In those cases, all those due to receive a caning would be assembled in the gym or the school hall. A few teachers would administer the canings. The number of teachers varied with the number of us to be caned.

We were all, boys and girls, caned in front of each other and our ages ranged from 11 to 18.

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MaryWat · 70-79, F

My experiences of the cane at school are almost identical - we got it mostly in the Principal or Vice Principal's study. Sometimes we were caned with co-offenders in the room, but more often just by yourself. But your account of those big groups being caned together after some sort of crackdown sends shivers down my spine. We had the same exactly. The memory, as a senior girl, of having to bend over in front of snotty 11 years olds to be caned still gives me goosebumps of embarrassment all these years later. Of course in those days you had no options: just grit your teeth and take it.