Back in 1984, me and my family lived in New Zealand and the caning of boys in high school who misbehaved was still legally permitted there. That may have been that good bit cruel, but when I look back at that time, the cane kept a good many of us (including myself) honest.
I remember sharing this here a while back and someone told me that they went to a boys’ Catholic school in Boston in the ‘60s and that the brothers were very nice and decent people but still patrolled the halls with paddles and that you knew that they did not tolerate any kind of horseplay that seems to be so much more commonplace now.
I was paddled (”the Board of Education”) twice in high school in the early 1960’s.
Fell asleep in Algebra in 10th grade - teacher was the basketball coach.
Forgot to get a test paper signed by my Mom in 1964 - teacher was the football line coach.
BTW, anyone acting the least bit disrespectful in little old Mrs. Jones English class was sent done the hall to “see Coach Thornton”.