I must say I am now having difficulties following the thread at all. First the government was congratulated for 'waking up at last' and doing something about binge drinking. Then they were criticised for causing binge drinking in the first place making kids go into the 'education system' when they were born. Then 'the system' was criticised for being too strict and structured. Then we were told that discipline was all part of lthe loving attention that children need. Then a very employee of that that system received lavish praise for telling us 'the problem of alcohol abuse has been around for a long time. There is neither a simple cause nor a simple answer'. Yet, we hear that it is simply down to 'the Education 'SYSTEM' which is stealing our children's souls'.

I guess the education system must be crap because I was brought up in it and cannot follow that reasonaing at all. Ah well. At least I am not on my own...

DeG