The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

Link: BBC NEWS | Education | School shock at vandal web video.

Wouldn’t you just know that the spokesman of a teaching union would be more shocked by the use of the internet to publish a video of vandalism, than by the vandalism itself? Anyone would think YouTube committed the crime, or that such things never happened before the internet.

As it is, the cretinous behaviour of the young thug in question has provided all the necessary evidence to convict him, if the police have the will to do it. Canada has an extradition treaty with the UK, I believe. If he were a middle-class male vandalising a speed camera, I have no doubt justice would be done.

For a more profound insight into modern British education, try this link (beware bad language). It’s a new blog from an ex-teacher and his first post is a corker.