[Margaret Pilkington]

The only corporal punishment I recall was getting two strokes of the cane on each hand for chewing gum in class.
I was given the option of 2 minuses or two strokes of the cane.....I chose the cane because that week I had accrued enough pluses to get my name on the 'honours board'.
Two minuses would have scuppered that.....getting on the honours board was quite an achievement back then.....so,I took the cane.
Did it harm me? No, I was doing something that was against the rules.Without rules there is chaos and anarchy.
Did I consider it abuse? No, no more than when my parents meted out justice at home.
I didn't tell my parents either because I would have been in trouble at home for being in trouble at school.