One of my embarrassing moments in high school was letting out a super loud fart as I was bending over for a paddling! Because of that, my principal said he was doubling the number of swats!

When you really think about it, getting a paddling is an effective form of discipline because it combines the worst aspects of being punished -- embarrassment and pain.

 

I know from experience that humiliation is a major component of receiving a paddling. My friends require me wear a pair of my butt-lettered gym shorts and bend over because that provides an excellent combination of...

(1) photo (and video) opportunity (for my friends),,

(2) embarrassment and anxiety felt by the victim (me),

(3) excellent presentation of the paddle target (my rotund butt),

(4) great entertainment for the spectators (everybody's cell phone is aimed at my backside), and

(5) something to make viewers on Flickr laugh out loud!!

 

Even with the embarrassment my friends cause me by posting photos of my gigantic rear-end on Flickr, the worst part is always the paddling, itself. The swats are hard and painful when the wooden paddle comes crashing down on what my friends laughingly refer to as my "lard butt."

 

After my friends are finished taking turns applying the paddle, my caboose is always sore (and blazing red) underneath that "ILLINOIS" rear-end logo!

 

Done