| CK
Please don't take my comments personally. I enjoyed the story but it got me thinking.
I've got quite ( o.k. then ..very ) strong right wing leanings, but all they do is raise my blood pressure because I am well aware that I am powerless to change anything.
I am therefore trying to see the other side of each equation and hope that I will live longer as a result.( Unless I'm murdered by a grasshopper )
Raykay
My kids go to a local comprehensive and a friend of mine was a teacher so I am well aware of what goes on in schools. What I was trying to say was that the kids who are disruptive need to be treated differently to the kids who just want to get on and learn. If we can educate the disruptive kids to behave and become useful members of society then it will make life better for all of us.
Drug use and criminal behaviour costs the country billions of pounds a year , not to mention the human cost in destroyed lives of victims and wasted lives of the perpetrators. I strongly believe that we should lock up violent or persistent offenders but while they are locked up we should make every effort to change their behaviour and turn them into useful citizens.
As Henners says, politicians preach to us about how we should live our lives and then go and do the opposite and then expect us to look up to them.
Phil  |