On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:12:19 -0000, "Ivan"
wrote:
>I grew up in a pretty rough postwar inner city area and attended a boys only
>Secondary Modern school which was staffed by mainly (Welsh) ex-military type
>teachers who maintained an iron discipline.
>
>Even back then I could see things beginning to go awry with the arrival of
>the new generation of "no need to call me sir" duffel coat wearing 'weirdie
>beardie' teachers with their more liberal teaching methods, not a million
>miles removed from what you describe in your second choice.
>
>The problem was that once the kids had interpreted their very different
>approach as being a sign of weakness, then any kind of discipline went out
>of the window and they more often than not made those particular teachers
>lives hell.
just so...but that problem is, at least in part, is due to the prior
mindless prison system...
the young people were not used to operating sanely without
minute instructions...
they were only used to following orders
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