[jambutty]

Originally Posted by yerself

Would it not be failing them even more if it failed to round them up out of butty shops and shepherd them into school where they should be?
Which pupil are you blaming? Oh I see, you spent so much time in butty shops, causing the education system to fail you, that you don't know how to use an apostrophe.

If you really knew a bit of English grammar you would know that the apostrophe is in the correct place if the writer intended it to convey the singular pupil. If the intention were to convey the plural of pupil, as in pupils, then the apostrophe would be after the s.

Your response seems to indicate that you understood the statement to refer to one pupil because you asked, “Which pupil are you blaming?” Had you asked, “Which pupils are you blaming?” then your nit picking would have been justified. As it is you are left with egg on your face.