[Carrie]

Hey Dark...
When I was in elementary school, my Principal had two wooden paddles - one with holes, and one without.
If you were being a true brat and deserved to get your ass spanked, you did. Your only hope was that you could convince him to NOT use the one with the holes - it hurt a lot more.

He absolutely hated to use it though, and would sit talking with us for a really long time before he finally sighed and said "well, it's time... bend over the desk..." and deliver that much-needed discipline.
All it took was one visit to his office to instill total respect for him - with or without a spanking. Of all the teachers and adults in that school, the one person we really didn't want to disappoint was Principal Carey. (Yes, that was his name.) And notice I say disappoint, not piss off. He was like a second Dad to us and it really made you feel like shit when you did something bad enough to disappoint his expectations of you.

Nowadays they can't even tell kids to pull their pants up so their ass isn't showing without being accused of racial profiling or culture oppression. Ugh.