I like your job description for teachers! It would be wonderful if an application interview for a teaching post, had those basic requirements. Or even the regular measuring of the performance of existing teachers against your criteria! As you say teachers can be treated badly by their students and parents, so it makes one wonder what do parents teach their children in their formative years? Parents have the responsibility of producing good citizens from their offspring for the next generation and it's clear that the majority do manage to achieve that goal. (I like to think that most people are normal) Unfortunately a minority can make life intolerable in any society as the laws do not apply to them. Conscientious people obey the law (The silent majority) but the law is not always enforced so the criminals laugh while the rest of us pay. I am glad you feel strongly enough to voice your feelings on this subject, there is still hope for your country!

A lively session as usual! Solving the perennial problem of migrant workers (Supposedly stealing jobs from the indigenous population) will take political willpower and a good business case to convince the unemployed, that they should take those jobs or lose their benefit! The old arguement is based on an irrational fear and hysteria, even in the UK (Three million unemployed) and Europe.

I am so pleased for you, that your application to university in London has been accepted. You must have made a good impression with your written English! I am glad that you found these websites useful. If you need someone for information or suggestions about the UK, just skype me.

I am pleased that your dad enjoys MI, when I was young/er It was so popular that the streets were empty when it was screened on TV! What would we do without the internet, now that we can visit the media from a previous era and enjoy the popular books & films from yesteryear?