[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by SamF

Force people who don't want to be there to be stuck in education for another 2 years. This means the teachers having to hold them there for another 2 years and spend the time getting them to turn up and work rather than teaching the ones that actually want to be there.

I feel sorry for the teachers because they have a tough job trying to teach kids who aren't the slightest bit interested and just don't want to be there. I know, I've tried it and I certainly couldn't do it full time. It would drive me loopy: Two lads poking prodding and punching each other, two girls chatting over on the left about their boyfriends, latest hair products and favourite music, three girls over on the right chatting about 'this well cute lad' and 'this really dorky geek' (or was it a geeky dork?) and someone at the back swinging over on his chair and falling off repeatedly - - and these are the good ones!

It's ironic isn't it that at one time youngsters welcomed the chance of staying on at school as the alternative of HARD work in a dull job was far from appealing. Maybe now life is just too easy for them.