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  Horses for courses. Teachers can only inspire pupils if they are free to be themselves and instil kids with a thirst for learning. A teacher who would be great in a country prep school might sink fast in an inner city comprehensive, and vice versa.
  
  But teachers can't be saddled with all the blame for pupils who fail.
  Many kids have no respect for authority. Even worse, neither do their parents.
  
  In many countries there are compulsory exams at the end of each school year. Kids who fail get extra coaching for a re-sit but if they fail again, they stay down in the previous year. Doesn't half concentrate the mind.
  
  Of course in modern Britain, failure is not allowed.

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