"I used to teach, Ruth, but that was here in The States. I know, it is bloody hard work for minimum wage."

Well, my most recent day in a secondary school in Britain was today. I work part-time in schools. I meet great teachers every day. In my opinion, the biggest problem in UK schools today is that kids are not taught by their parents to respect the learning environment or their teachers. It's incredible the freedom and the choices that kids have in schools these days compared to when I was at school 25 years ago - they don't know they're born.



"If they did that, then parents would find their children kicking and screaming if they took them on holiday during school time."

Rubbish. I love my job, but if someone wanted to take me somewhere exciting tomorrow, I'd be off. Why would school be any different?