mrs-strict:It was an old fashioned Texas classroom and the boys knew they had to take their lickin
mrs-strict: It was an old fashioned Texas classroom and the boys knew they had to take their lickins as if it were some kind of test of their manhood. He knew when to say “Yes, Ma’am” and when to say “No, Ma’am”, but his teacher wanted him to learn a lesson that he would never forget, for life. -- source link