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  I don't know how old you are Heike, but when I was at school (cue for a Monty Python sketch ?), there used to be corporal punishment (cane or slipper) for naughty boys and it did keep most of them on the straight and narrow as far as school was concerned.
  It never entered our heads to play truant.
  
  Nowadays there is no such punishment, or even encouragement to attend school. Many parents don't care and sadly, it seems to be the least educated parents, who don't seem to care about their children's education. Punish the parents by all means, but if punishment means taking money from them in fines and they are already on benefit or receiving working tax credit, they won't have any money to pay that fine, so won't change their negative attitude towards their kids.
  
  I doubt if the schools are particularly to blame, unless bullying is going on and they know about it, but are ignoring it.
  
  
  
  Roger

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