"My opinion is based on my experiences too, but it is also based on facts and evidence ;-) "


So is mine, eanjay.

The facts are that my children had to endure one helluva lot from teachers who should have known better.

The evidence was plain to see in the deep unhappiness caused to both my children because of what had happened to them at school.

Facts and Experience don't get much more personal than that.

I always support excellent teachers, but I damn The System, because I have personally seen way too many children who have been damaged by it, heard too many parents deeply anxious about their children, their exams, the way it's affecting them all.