OUR story today about the children who were booted out of schoolfor an abhorrent act of bullying is, of course, utterly outrageous.
But this wasn't bullying as most of us understand it.
This was an example of a growing modern trend of kids picking onteachers.
By placing his private parts in the coffee cup of a femaleteacher, he presumably thought his grotesque act was hilarious.
He is now paying the price by being permanently excluded -expelled in old money -from one of the best performing schools inthe North.
It is to be hoped he has seen the error of his ways and haslearned a valuable lesson.
And it is to be hoped that other youngsters will take heed andrealise there are dire consequences for pulling this sort of stunt.
Those working in schools are right to be concerned at howvulnerable teachers now are when it comes to bullying.
Many have concerns over the internet, Facebook in particular, butthey should not get confused.
The internet did not cause this incident, it simply gave the kidsa platform to promote their idiotic b e h av i o u r. Such foolishgoading has always taken place, kids have always misbehaved.
There is no reason to run scared of the internet -a valuableresource in furthering education -because of this incident.
What there is reason to do is stamp out the culture that allowsthis type of thing to go on these days.
Teacher bullying can only be dealt with by upholding a strictline in discipline that seems to be diminishing from many of ourschools.
Whilst it might sound Victorian in its approach, there does seemto be a correlation, anecdotally at least, between successful schoolperformance and strict discipline.
And so Benfield School seems to have proven. By acting swiftly topunish the errant kids, they have sent out a strong message.
It's to be hoped other schools follow their example.
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