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>As I look back on it, I think it was inversely >proportional to how seriously they took it when they >did paddle. Some of the teachers definitely were able >to make your eyes water a bit. With others, you had to >fake your reaction so they didn't add a detention. The >hardest swats at school I got we're definitely from >the physics teacher / girls tennis coach. It wasn't >just how hard she paddled but she would make you stand >with your nose to the Blackboard while you waited 10 >or 15 minutes before she paddled you. She actually >only paddled after school and before practice. She >would not use class time for that. Having to wait till >the end of school and knowing her reputation >definitely put some butterflies in your stomach. I got >swats from her once for acting up in her class. Once >because I acted up in another teacher's class and >didn't realize that she would send me to get licks >from her and one other time for the same reason. She >gave more licks than other teachers did or even the >principles and she definitely gave harder ones and she >made you stand there thinking about it before she >started. Once I learned that I would be getting licks >from her if I acted up in a class, I never repeated >the mistake. > > >To those who were paddled, or otherwise spanked at >>school, how often did you get spanked? >> >>My memory is of course not perfect, but I remember >>handful of spankings (by hand) in first grade, once in >>second grade, twice in 4th grade, once in 5th grade, >>once in 8th grade, once in 9th grade, and finally once >>in my senior year. >> >>I was a generally well behaved student, but I wasn’t >>the teachers pet either. I think the number of times I >>was paddled was average, maybe slightly above average.

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