some pretty heavy juvenile delinquency going on there Macca !
Y'see, I was whacked for things like swearing, not having my shirt tucked in, smoking behind the bike sheds and showing up to school with a safety pin through my cheek (ahhh those were the days LOL)
Once I got six of the best for correcting a factual error by the teacher in class !
This was crap - fancy whacking a kid for not doing much at all really ?
Like I said - it was a complete waste of time.
I did not feel 'punished', I felt no remorse, I didn't see the error of my ways, I did not correct my mistake, I kept on re-offending.
The only thing that happened was that I got whacked - end of story.
It didn't prove anything - except that it seems to be OK for adults to whack children.
was that really the message I was supposed to come away with from this experience ?
Corporal punishment was a complete and abject failure for me - I learned nothing and it solved nothing.
cheers