Results tagged “Dinner” from Birmingham Mail - Editors Chair Blog

What an interesting variety of feedback we've had since Friday's splash story on a dinner lady sacked for punching the lights out of a too-cheeky school pupil!

I knew the tale would be the one talked about down the pub, but didn't predict just how angry it would get readers.

"This kid should have been smacked red with a wooden spoon," was among the most extreme of responses. "It's time we stood up for school staff who must be driven mad by these little runts."

I guess I sort of understand this viewpoint from the "flog 'em and hang 'em" brigade, but I can also remember days of white cabbage and lumpy custard at my schools (West Heath Junior and the then Primrose Hill Comp).

Do school pupils really have to put up with being fed pig swill?