A Submissive Schooled
A short story, reminiscences of School days long past, but vividly remembered...
By bummerbeau
"Well, you've kinda screwed your chances of university this time, with the marks you've got on your A-levels," exclaimed Jim's mother crossly. Her anger and indignation were underlined by the heavy cane she brandished, and then laid down on the bed beside where Jim was sitting. She sat down beside him, the punishment cane between them. "All this partying, mucking about, chasing girls -- you've just wasted your time!"
Jim sat on the bed, eyed the cane, askance, wondering what was to come, but at the same time hoping it would hurt.
Hurt a lot.
"This all means you must repeat your Sixth Form in another school, a sixth-form college. But let me share some really good news with you! Your father has had a big promotion, and this means we will have to move to another city. We're going to look for a really nice house, or maybe even have one built to our design and specifications, with lots of space -- one with a bedroom for each of you kids. Won't that be nice?"
Jim nodded agreement, although this wouldn't be as big a deal for him (he already had his own small bedroom) as for his two sisters, because they were sharing a room with bunk beds. He sat gingerly on the edge of the parental bed. "Will the house have a nice big TV room? Or a pool?" he asked excitedly.
"Might do," replied his mother, "we'll all have to get together, sit down, and discuss what each of us would like in a new house. Exciting times! Then we'll see what the possibilities are, so we don't break the bank with a huge mortgage -- but we'll do the best we can!"
"But there's always a downside," continued his mother. "During the time we settle on a new house and have it renovated, or maybe have one built, we're going to have to live in a flat, which won't be too big although it will have two bedrooms. That's one for Daddy and me, one for the bunk beds for your sisters...and none for you. So we've decided that you're going to have an adventure! Your sixth-form college will be a private boarding school, located in the countryside, in the north. I've had one specially recommended to me, and I've thoroughly checked it out. First rate! But it's a good distance away, so you'll be home only for Christmas, March break, and the end of term. When you're home you'll have to sleep on a roll-away bed in the dining area."
"This will be a big adventure, lots of activities and sports, and a challenging curriculum. You'll meet lots of other boys, 'cos the school is all-male. The place has an excellent reputation, because its graduates almost always gain places in first-rate universities. You will have a chance to re-sit your A-levels at the end of your first year, and if you don't get the standings you need you can return for a second year." Jim's mother went on extolling the delights to come, but Jim's mind was filled with misgivings and forebodings. Still, he thought, what must be borne will be borne, etc, etc.
"You might as well know from the get-go," his mother continued, "that this sixth-form college has a strict disciplinary code, enforced with severe corporal punishment. Your eighteenth birthday was a month ago, so you have to sign this form, now, permitting the masters to thrash you as they see fit, with whatever implements they choose, for any infractions of the school rules." She held out a piece of paper and a pen.
Submissive to his mother, Jim took the form, read it quickly, and signed it, full of misgivings.
"You'll really want to pull your socks up, study hard, and avoid having to return and sit you're A-levels for a third time. Don't return for a second year -- more beatings! Might be nicer to be able to go on to university."
Jim felt his buttocks clench at the prospect of what lay before him, during the coming year at school, but also in the coming minutes as his mother got to her feet, grasped the cane, and sharply commanded him. "We still have your poor performance this year to punish, and punish you I will! Get on to your feet!"
Jim stood up as quickly as he could. "Now, strip!!" commanded his mother. "every stitch off! Quickly!!"
Jim speedily undid his belt and pulled his trousers and underwear down -- he knew his mother wanted to see his bare ass, and his cock and balls, first off. Then he unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it off. Finally he kicked his trousers aside, bent down and removed his socks. Totally naked in record time, he turned and kissed the floor at his mother's feet, prepared for the beating that he knew would follow. She was preparing the bed for him, placing two pillows near the edge.
"Up on the bed, face down, ass up!" commanded his mother. "Feet apart, eighteen inches!"
Wordlessly Jim complied with his mother's orders, knowing what was to follow. "You know how badly you did on your exams," scolded his mother. "How many times should I hit you with this cane?"
A guessing game. Suggesting too low a number would result in extra stripes because of the insult, while guessing too high would mean extra stripes. Catch-22! "Ummm, maybe twenty lashes?"
"Close, but not quite high enough," replied Jim's mother. "I'm going to give you twenty-five. Now, count each one, and thank me! Don't lose count, or we'll start again at one."
Jim lay there, awaiting his punishment. He'd been beaten before, many times, so the agony to come was familiar to him. He heard the slashing swish of the cane an instant before the blinding impact, the pain, the heat of the impact. Then a silence. "Wo wo one, thank you mother," Jim sobbed quietly. He knew is mother would wait about twenty seconds between lashes, to allow the pain to concentrate fully.
Again, the slashing swish, the pain, the heat. "T t t two, thank you mother," he said between gritted teeth. Going to be a long afternoon, he thought.
The caning was over in fifteen minutes. Jim struggled to his feet and was placed between two mirrors so he could clearly see the welts, the bruises, the blood blisters -- the scars of a savage caning. It would be some time before he would be able to sit down, and weeks before the marks disappeared.
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That sixth-form college really opened Jim's eyes to what submission implied, and it confirmed in his mind that he was a true submissive. Things went like this on the first day, after parents had finished drop-offs, hugs goodbye, promises to email often, etc, etc. (The students soon learned that the school's internet was closely monitored and all messages were read -- any negative comments in an email home or anywhere else would be intercepted, not sent, and would earn fierce punishment.) The students were lined up; returning students were given their dorm assignments, were told to select a token at random, and then they went off to unpack. A different fate awaited the intake group of about fifty students, who were marched into a classroom, each given a token, and ordered to sit down.
The Headmaster began to lecture, not to welcome the newbies but to tell them how lucky they were to be at his school, and what a privilege it was to be there. They were there to work hard, and to succeed in the examinations at the end of the year so they could gain admission to university. At the end of the year, if they performed exceptionally well, they might be among the group of each year's intake who might be invited to return as Prefects, on salary, for a year. Their duties as Prefects were to tutor the laggards from their class who had to return to improve their marks. They were also instrumental in enforcing the discipline of the school. "To have been singled out to be a Prefect at this school is akin to winning a major scholarship. It marks you as superior, and gains academic respect," he exclaimed.