A yardstick

I think the yardstick is one of the best toys to envoke fear and humiliation by the simple tappingon a hand. I might be showning my age but the yard stick was a all too common form of discepline along with the leather strap or belt. Being in a catholic school it was nothing to hear some one squeels of pain while a yardstick was applied to their bottoms usually infront of their class. The sight of a friend being reduced to tears caused trepidation at the least. The reasons for punihshment seemed to change with the mood of the day very mush like the lifestyle now adsays where ther seems bto be no common rules everyone has their own. Not washing the chalk board properly ,being late ,homework not done, looking the wrong way talking, not lining up fast enough.

So on a whim you could be punished with a glorified reason given for the need to use the yardstick, to use a certain position and of course over your pants , over your underwear or on those naked cheeks. Bad enough you were embarassed by being forced to cry through the punishment now you had to show your underwear or worse baring your botton while trying to hide you developing manhood. The naked cheeks had one mor step to the if it was the principle you underwear had to be at your ankles which sort of caussed your ankles to be bound in the bunching of your pants and underwear. All such punishment was witnessed by at least one classmate a  teacher or the secretary of the principle. Anything that happened in that office you knew would be thourh out  the school almost before you left the office. Stories of wet underwear or release of gas would plague you for years afterward. Teachers and the principle would not hesitate to hoin in on the ribbing .
Clearing out a house a few years agp I found an old yardstick from the Sadelry & Hawirth Tanners and manufasturer of Leather Manufacturer . It is a dark oily brown . The wood having absorbed the chemicals and oils . Would be wonderful to have this stick applied to ones backside. There is no metal just wood the sould must be fabulous it would cause me to drift back a few years. I bet it would be a tidy pain how lovely! Now where is Mis Gerard when i need proper correction,LOL.