My first thoughts of spanking

[PandaBear]

Was probably when I was around 10 or 11. I remember in elementary school I was always trying to listen when I knew some kid was going to get the paddle, and I figured the other kids were doing the same thing the few times I found my butt on the receiving end of the paddle! Anyway when I couldn't find someone to spank me, I would often resort to spanking myself, with not a lot of success. My parents spanked me occasionally, most of the time mom was the one who did it, because dad wasn't home, but most of the time it didn't leave me with the warm red bottom I wanted, since she didn't spank hard.

[RG_]

Originally Posted by PandaBear

I remember in elementary school I was always trying to listen when I knew some kid was going to get the paddle, and I figured the other kids were doing the same thing the few times I found my butt on the receiving end of the paddle!

PB, what state did you attend school in? What were your school experiences with being paddled?

[PandaBear]

I lived in North Carolina, and got paddled a few times in elementary school.

[RG_]

Originally Posted by PandaBear

I lived in North Carolina, and got paddled a few times in elementary school.

Did your middle/junior high school and high school not paddle? Or did it work so well in elementary that you were cured for the rest of your school life?

[PandaBear]

I got it again in 7th grade, and honestly would likely have gotten it in high school except the principal was an absolute moron. He thought it was ok for boys to get the paddle but that we girls would be somehow "hurt" by the paddle. Instead girls usually got detention or "work detail" around school, and the boys got out of it by taking the paddle.

[RG_]

Originally Posted by PandaBear

He thought...that we girls would be somehow "hurt" by the paddle.

Hmmm...isn't that the intent of a paddling?! I think that's how they work.