they are also responsible

I don't think I can agree with that, Fisk. When you consider how few hours of teacher/pupil contact time there actually are - frequently less than two hours per week with a class of 30 or so, meaning 4 minutes in which to influence the weekly behaviour and outlook of a given child...

Then compare that with the time the parents (could) be spending with the sprats...

Then compare that with the average weekly exposure to American dominated TV...

And add in the weekly exposure to films...

Popular music...

MTV (this comes in a class of its own!)

and even the Kellogs cornflake packet...


It's really little short of a miracle we grow up as sane and articulate as we do (and I'm not too sure about thee!)