Shimrod.

I hope you don't make a habit of putting your foot in your mouth.

Its not a good look.

1. "Indeed, and I hope that one day you will take the time to look up "socialism" and "class struggle"." Lox in reply to Richard Bridge, 14 April - 08.04 PM. Sounds pretty ideological to me, Comrade Lox!

You obviously don't know Richard very well or you would know that he is a self professed socialist.

My comment above was a direct response to him (hence the use of his name).

It does not represent my ideology.

2. "So what you're saying is that chavs DO exist and there IS a problem with their behaviour even at school?"

No Shimrod.

Why don't you stop trying to be clever and start applying your mind.

You stated that as education is free and that there is no excuse for not learning.

The fact is that if you had gone to the school I am talking about, your education would have been very different.

The kids there have been dumped and forgotten and marginalized in their "chav" ghetto, or "chavtown" and the only hope they have, and often the only stability, is from teachers and community workers who try, often in vain, to give them a sense of hope and aspiration.

This task is made very difficult by a shortage of resources.

It is made harder by the fact that these kids are viewed with contempt by the local council, not to mention those a rung above them on the class ladder.

It is known as a chav school because the kids who go there are seen as Chavs by outsiders - not because they are chavs.

I know it has a reputation as a chav school because I used to hear it referred to as one all the time.