[garinda]

I think you should be proud of your daugther for making a public stand because of her principles.

I do find the whole issue difficult. When do you make the transistion from what is suitable for children to that of adults? I adored D.H. Lawrence, and Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee, reading them at school led me onto reading everything both authors had ever written.

I think parents should have some say over the content of the national curriculum, but where that ends is hard. I read recently of a Muslim parent who objected to the displaying of drawings by Michelangelo in the art room, because it offended his son's beliefs about nudity and the Muslim belief that no living thing should be depicted in a visual way.

Educating Rita may be offensive to some because of the realism of the language, but ultimately it shows how education can be the way forward for people trapped in very mundane lives. I found it funny, inspirational and worthy of it's Oscar nomination.