[3] Dear Jo: Readers' letters.Lesson all kids need IT IS little wonder that so many of today's young are more or less out of control. Parents refuse to exercise authority, and when teachers bravely try to step in they risk finding themselves in a predicament similar to that of head teacher Marjorie Evans, who faces prison for slapping a disruptive pupil. I say: Carry on Marjorie Evans, you are doing a good but difficult job. P Rice, Goole, East Yorkshire East Yorkshire could be
IN AN age when football hooligans run amok Amok (ā`mŏk), in the Bible, post-Exilic Jewish family. and muggers beat up and rob old ladies for a few pounds, I am amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. that Marjorie Evans should be charged with assault for slapping a pupil who is known to have behavioural Adj. 1. behavioural - of or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences" behavioral problems. He admitted pushing her so that she fell on to a bench. So what is she supposed to do - lie there and let him continue to attack her? It is not surprising that we are overrun 1. overrun - A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes with thugs and criminals when today's kids are not taught the difference between right and wrong. If this lady is jailed, the law really is an ass. Basil Gunn, Redcar IT has become fashionable to criticise Labour. Yet, as far as I can see, the only real criticism that can be levelled against the Government is that the pace of change is not fast enough. Not much of a reason for setting in motion a wave of anti-Government feeling which would lead to the destruction of all that has been achieved, is it? Brenda Breslin via email I WAS saddened to read of a clubber who collapsed and died hours after taking ecstasy ecstasy, either of two drugs used for their euphoric effects. The original ecstasy, a so-called designer drug, also known as MDMA, is an analog of methamphetamine (see amphetamine). at a giant Radio One dance party. It can be fatal to believe that because you have taken a drug before it will always be safe to do so. We can never be sure what is in these drugs and if we will be allergic al·ler·gic adj. 1. Of, caused, or characterized by an allergy. 2. Having an allergy or exhibiting an allergic reaction to a substance. allergic pertaining to or caused by allergy. to the often different ingredients. Sadly, all too many drug-takers are unaware of the risks they are running. Iestin Davies Director Welsh Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, Cardiff |
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