Anecdote #43: After first-grade, folks in charge decided to place me into a year round school called Theresa Home School, where spanking was a common punishment for even the most minor offenses.  I could write an anecdote for every time I remember being spanked and perhaps I might, but generally speaking, it happened so often, the many recollections would become tedious and boring to recount. I will say, however, I never cried when I was spanked, on the contrary.

Something about the awkwardness of bending over a desk and being whacked in the buttocks by a book or a paddle cracked me up and I would end up giggling uncontrollably obviously adding fuel to the fire.