it was very common in those days for parents to back the school unlike today. Backing the school in those days meant one thing...if you were whacked at schooland your parents found out you got another at home. In my case as a boy if i got six of the cane at school, in spite of the soreness it was a trip to dads little study and in spote of the six marks on my bottom from getting it school dad would give me another six on my bare bottom. No wonder in those days you tried to hide the fact from your parents you had been in trouble at school