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Respect must start at home

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DURING the past week, I have read too many articles on the total disrespect shown by school pupils to teachers in and around Durban.

I’m an ex-teacher and know exactly how hard it is in the classroom. Having taught under extreme circumstances on the Cape Flats, I take my hat off to any teacher putting up with the ill-mannered children of today.

When I was a pupil, the power was in the teachers’ chalk. Nowadays the power is in the pupils’ rotten mindset.

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