I got the idea for this topic while I was in church yesterday. At one point we were told to raise our hands and give glory to God, after a while my arms started aching and my brain flashed back to my childhood and the occasional "raise your hands and close your eyes" punishment back then in school.
From there I started thinking about the other punishments I had to endure back in the days, I will start listing them from the most popular (this is just from my experience, so the punishments might differ for you 😁).
1. Raise your hands and close your eyes
This one is quite common as of then and the beauty of it is that it can be used on a wide scale, which is why it's the go-to punishment of most school teachers. It's stress-free for them, coz we were the ones doing all the work. All it takes is for the class to be noisy and the teacher commands everyone to stand up, raise their hands and close their eyes.
Our hands remain suspended in the air and after a few minutes, you start feeling the pain. A couple more minutes and the pain becomes unbearable, you start adjusting your arms in different positions and heights all in a bid to cushion the pain but after a while, it doesn't matter anymore and you start sweating profusely.
There are two variations of it; either you stand up to do it or you're kneeling down (this one is much worse). Some teachers will be lenient enough to let us go after some minutes, but the really wicked ones will leave us there for over an hour or two.
2. Flogging (ass-whopping)
Now, this is my mom's favorite 😆 I got flogged a lot when I was a kid and I sometimes wonder if I was adopted. Teachers in school also love this method coz they always want to see you cry very fast, unlike other forms of punishment that will take time before the tears start flowing
The usual style is to ask us to stretch out our hands and we are whipped on our open palms. Y'all know the skin on the palm is quite thick, so a lot of us can easily deal with the pain, which is why some teachers prefer flogging us on other body parts like the ass, back (I hated this one), or even sole of the feet.
The usual tool of the trade is cane, but some extreme parents make use of horsewhip 💀 you wouldn't want to get whipped with this one.
3. Frog jump
Ah, the favorite civilian punishment of Nigerian soldiers. Whenever you step on the toes of a Nigerian soldier and he wants to punish you, just know that this is the one he will use. Teachers use it also in school and it's usually used to punish those that came late to school since it's a punishment that can only be effective in a wide, open field.
It involves squatting very low, with both hands holding your ears, then you leap forward (like a frog!). You keep doing that and moving forward till you get to the end of the field (or till the punisher is satisfied). This has a long term effect on your things because they are going to feel really heavy and quite painful when you wake up the next day
4. Seat on the air
This one isn't very common but it's still used back then by some teachers who want to be versatile when it comes to punishments 😆. It usually involves just squatting down and pretending you're sitting on an invisible sit, with your hands stretched out in front of you
This punishment is a two-way attack; one on your outstretched hands and the other on your thighs. After a while of remaining in that position, your legs and arms start trembling and then you start sweating like you're in hell (it feels like it as well).
The worst thing about this punishment is that you might think you're feeling the worst pain right there, but just wait until you wake up the next morning and you can't even move your legs, it will feel like your thighs have been crushed with a sledgehammer.
5. Pick a pin
To be continued...
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Monday February 7, 2022
Mi maestras nunca me castigaron, porque habia un protector llamado lopna, pero mi mamá si me castigaba y bastante, ella si medio o me tiraba la chancleta, tenia una punteria que no fallaba y ella decia que la chancleta era mejor que un psicologo, ah y el palo de escoba, detras de la puerta, claro nunca me dio con eso, pero me amenazaba, y agarraba la chacleta.