i WAS sorry to read of the resignation of the Luton schoolteacher who allowed a five-year-old pupil to slap alleged bullies with a ruler.

Why? - because if we had more teachers with her courage and common sense, we would then rid our schools of bullying.

The bullies need a taste of their own medicine in front of the whole school because that's what they deserve.

The school management should have supported her. The so-called do-gooders are partly to blame for a lot of the wrong-doings which take place today.

It's time we gave the punishment to fit the crime - it's the only solution.

GLADYS ROBINSON (MRS), Edge End, Great Harwood.

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