[polly]

The problem is that respect is learnt at home, long before children start school. This is where the problems begin, at home within the family unit. Teachers merely pick up the pieces of what society has landed us with

Myself, I have never felt the need to use physical violence on a pupil as it would in my opinion diminish my control not improve it.

I have often felt I needed to tell the parent(s) to get their act together and stop blaming everyone else