Thank you, Jmoss90, for the very nice plug. I hope it encourages others to read and enjoy the story.
My favorite aspect of the story is the way that Jodie is released from the reformatory, but then voluntarily chooses to return to save her father, even after the Headmaster warns her squarely that for her plan to work she'll have to once again "BE a student, and I'll deal with you accordingly." Jodie enrolls, knowing she'll face the full force of justice on Punishment Night.
I enjoy the psychology of her dilemma. She's a "good girl" and as such she finds the prospect of such a degrading public punishment unspeakably humiliating. Yet her stepmother's treachery offers her a perfect "good girl reason" to place herself in the role of a naughty reformatory delinquent. Is Jodi being punished for being a delinquent, or is she being punished for her naughty fantasies?
If you're looking for a visual reference for Jodi, here's the spanking actress I was thinking of when I wrote it. Page down to FAVORITE FOR AUGUST and click on the photo of the girl with the strap on her lap. The anxious look on the young woman's face, and the shameful way she's been made to wait, in uniform, with the spanking strap that will soon be tanning her bottom on her lap, makes it look like a still from the story:
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