" Ok. That's sorted then," said Sally."The only other thing is ensuring that Michelle gets to use a cubicle,"said Liz."We'll mention it to her teacher...in September," said John.After the children were in bed, Sally decided to bring up the subject of aswimming career for Michael once more."As much as it would be great to see her as a swimmer, if she does get thatgood, the problem lies with her being transgendered," she sighed. "Themedia still likes to trivialise it." I suppose it could cause. But they were swiftly dealt with. Whether young or old, man or woman, girl or boy, the rule-breakers would be brought to the community square and told to bend over a wooden log and then their bare bottoms would be whipped with birch in front of others until their white skin was completely red.How many times they were whipped depended on the nature of their crime and age. This was decided by the matriarch of the tribe. The punishment was always administered by a woman. So whether it was a tall,. Mandel.”Ed explained, “Please excuse the rudeness of my son. He doesn’t talk unless absolutely forced to it.”“I’m sorry I ever said a word,” William muttered with a certain amount of bitterness.“Young man, if you don’t act nicely we’ll have to send you to the corner for five minutes,” lectured Ed. Standing in the corner was the worst punishment that the family used on the children. They felt it gave the child time to think about what they had done wrong, yet didn’t harm the child in any. . third.”“Oh, um, that’s like really far from my next class. Maybe some other time.”She walked away and I turned to Sean. “Dude, we’ve got to get out of this dorm.”We spent most of the next two weeks trying to find someone to switch rooms with us, but of course no one was interested. I even asked the blue-haired chick, whose name turned out to be Brianna, if there were any guys in her women’s studies classes who’d be up for a switch.To make matters worse, I was getting increasingly obsessed.