If you ever met an Angry nun with a ruler at Catholic-run children’s shelter, you would not be so quick to call her a wuss because she restricts her beating to your hand and wrist.
Yeeeeouuuuwwwwwchhhhheeee!!!
8th grade, Sister Edward Mary. A yard stick. I shudder even at this moment.
Of course in the 4th grade (public school), Principal Rasmonson was very handy with the drilled paddle..
Ok, I was not a pleasure to raise. ;>)
My fifth grade class once had a substitute teacher who was blind, deaf and mute who dealt out that ruler punishment. I was set to get a few whacks but talked her out of it. She punished the boy who got me into trouble instead.