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I Got The Cane At School

Well, actually I didn't, but I thought I was going to. I was 10 or 11 and I was caught out of bounds during the lunch break. The mistress who caught me sent me to stand outside the head's study. I thought she was going to ask the headmistress to cane me, but in fact I just got a detention. Maybe it would have been better if I had been caned ...

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@Martinll.I went to mixed schools in London, the cane was given across the hand. At junior school (8-11), it was given frequently, someone normally got it in my class eveyday, I got it when I was 10. 1 stroke as rule, but I do rembember one boy getting 2 across each hand, alternating hands for each stroke.

At secondary school (11-16), the cane was given far less frequently, not all teachers caned. I got it when I was 12 and 14. Again normally one stroke, but I do recall a boy getting 2 across each hand and a girl getting 1 across each hand. I think the view was that 1 was normally enough,getting a painful experience was sufficient deterrent and punishment, and it seemed to work.