Do you believe corporal punishment was abolished in schools because they found out certain pupils were secretly enjoying it?

@nevergiveup We were all very proud of our stripes when we got it.

@Sharon Did you get a lot of stripes

@nevergiveup Quite a lot. I got the slipper a lot more though.

@Sharon the first caning or strapping on the bottom was seen as a rite of passage at secondary school. If you hadn’t had to bend over, you weren’t one of the In Crowd.

@jackcros especially if done in front of your class. But it was important you didn't make any fuss, before, during and after. Then you were a member of the club!

@Retrospection did you join the club like me

@nevergiveup yes. With a group of about 8 other boys. It wasnt so bad being in a larger group and it was just 1 stroke. Glad I'd had it a bit later!

@Retrospection I got 6. But i got a lot at home so he could not make me cry. I think that pissed him off lol

@nevergiveup I wouldn't have liked 6. You obviously got prepared for it at home. I noticed that pupils who had had it a few times, were less daunted than newbies.

@Retrospection Take it like a man, at least in an all boys school

@nevergiveup I got the cane at homme quite often too. At least 6 and usually 12 on the bare so a normal school caning was relatively tame compared to that.

@Sharon my parents helped me with school as well. Mum was good at French and maths, dad with the practicals like electrical wiring. Both tanned my backside regularly to help me with school inflictions!