I Got Slippered At School

I got the slipper three or four times in high school for various offences, mainly being out of bounds at break times, and cheek in class. Only a few classroom teachers still used the slipper, but it was still in quite common use by the senior teachers in their offices. The usual form was you got a lecture and then had to bend over the desk. You would get between six and twelve hard whacks on the bottom. Most teachers administered the whacks quite swiftly. But the deputy head of our school was notorious for giving them very hard and slowly with a wait between strokes. This made it worse because there was just time for the sting to build from one stroke and you would get the next just as it was at its worst. I was never caned, but I'm told that had a similar effect.

Codrin · M

Same here, but not in the high school. Leaving the school yard during breaks or cheeking in class were serious reasons to get a CP. My classmates who were borders, however, got the cane even in high school, but in private from the supervisors.