Its a reflection on the education system Jim. Nowadays it seems to be all about the students rights, not their responsibilities.
I'm always amazed in Hungary how much my students know, as their rights are limited, e.g. if a kid was wearing a walkman in my lesson I could drag them off to the headmaster and they'd be suspended for two weeks and their parents would be hauled in for a good 'chat', in the States the teacher would be arrested for assault for removing their headphones.
Alas Britain is following this same policy, which is why I won't teach there anymore, my life is worth more than the money they give me for risking being stabbed on a daily basis

as one of my friends found out on his third month as a teacher, and the kid wasn't even arrested, or even expelled

Mark