What do you think about this?
I'm torn. As a returned serviceman, the idea revolts me.
But I'm also a secondary school teacher and I deal with kids this age. And I have to give them a second chance when they do wrong, otherwise they don't have the chance to learn.
I want to give this kid a good hiding. But I'd let him march.
You can't write kids off because they do stupid things sometimes. They're children. That's part of what children to.
You punish them. You forgive them. And you give them a chance to redeem themselves.