Sweet...

Today my principal called for a "special assembly" near dismissal to address us. Guess what? It was......public caning! Yes indeed.

Story goes: A sec 4 boy out of anger threw a broom (yes a BROOM) at his friend at it happened to hit his neck, making it BLEED. So an ambulance was called to take the boy to hospital and a police report was filed (by the hospital). Thus, the police came to my school to arrest the Sec 4 guy and charge him with causing grievous hurt. Since he's over 16, he can be jailed and caned if charge (using the prison cane of course). But...the discipline teachers negotiated with the police and they agreed to let the school use corporal punishment (caning). And thus he was supposed to be given 3 strokes. But after the second stroke, he fell to the ground in pain and the principal decided to let him off with 1 stroke to spare.

Too bad for girls in girls' schools. No caning ever.
Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.