Writing from the spanker’s perspective:
Some years back, I was mentoring a young lady through a very demanding engineering major. She was naturally very bright and so, up until then, had gotten high marks in school without much studying. The situation changed when she started her engineering major and received her first (and only) failing grade in college.
I taught her better study, class attention, writing, and exam-taking skills through regular spankings through her graduation with a solid B+ average and a competitive job offer.
However, the story that pertains to this topic is that I *always* meted out a hard spanking to her the mornings she was taking exams. Her chronic problem was breezing too quickly through the questions and therefore not giving the answers that were expected. While reddening her bare bottom, I’d lecture her about slowing down, reading the questions multiple times until she was sure she understood them completely, and using all the allotted time for the exam.
She always felt the sting quite consciously during her exams and it worked wonders for her GPA. My lessons were well taught by the sit spot of her bottom, and changed her habits very efficiently.