MRS Newman's letter whingeing about the exclusion of unruly kids from school reminds me of the motorist who blamed the police camera because he was caught speeding (Journal Mailbox February 26).

As a mum of three kids at schools in Leigh, I am sick and tired of their education being disrupted by a small minority of youngsters who are lazy, aggressive, rude and arrogant to teachers and pupils alike.

In the old days a short, sharp flogging would have quickly sorted them out but with virtually no other sanctions now available to teachers, what else can they do to preserve the rights of others to a decent education, except expel them?

Expulsion is never undertaken lightly, and it is the last resort after a long chain of corrective measures has been exhausted. If parents don't want their kids expelled, they should teach them some discipline and good manners at home. Or perhaps it is because the parents themselves are so devoid of these values that their kids simply imitate them.

Mrs Anna Bond

Ennerdale Road

Astley

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