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Originally Posted by Russ B

You call that 'fair'? Sounds more like bullying to me.

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Originally Posted by Nidge

I got caught skipping school by the teacher one day, he sent a letter out to my mum and dad, my dad went up to school to see the head of year, I was called into the office and my dad said to the teacher what sort of punishment are you going to give him? The teacher said I'm going to cane him. My dad said that's fine but I want to watch you cane him? The teacher looked shocked and said OK, I got 3 right across the backside. My dad said that's not hard enough, he took the cane off the teacher and gave me 3 more across the backside, the teacher stood there with a smug grin across his face, you could see the look of a result in his smile. I never skipped school again. After that for some strange reason I buckled down in school and got some good exam results.

When I left school and got a job I used to visit this teacher while he was in school teaching lessons, he never let me forget that day when my dad caned me in front of him, the above teacher was strict but fair, if he ever went past you in school and you had your top button undone he used to grab you by the tie and pull it up till you went blue in the face. This is the sort of teaching we need now along with the cane.

Society has changed, caning will never be brought back.