Well Im not so sure. I'm all for more discipline in schools especially regarding uniform as a way of countering this consumer mentality between schoolchildren. Child is smoking on school premises then that cannot gwan. Should they turn a blind eye? Should standards of discipline be less lax in inner city schools than in Eton? How about if your child is one who is interested in learning and is being disrupted by the many children out there that have serious issues (which they need help with). Should that help be at other childrens expense.

For the record tax payers should pick up the bill for excluded children. Excluded children develop into societies problem down the line. So why shouldnt they pick up the bill.