Harsh lessons
Education has definitely become a looking-over-one's-shoulder occupation, answerable to far too many masters and left with no entrusted personal responsibility. Why bother with training teachers? There's an army of advisers, assorted experts and meddlers awaiting every new teacher who exits every training college. But the education of our children is too important to leave to teachers, they cry, and look where this attitude has got their children.
IAN JOHNSTONE
Forman Drive
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
The Scottish Government has ordered that teachers must be regularly assessed throughout their careers (your report, 26 February).
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I suggest that MSPs should be similarly assessed to see if they are fit for office, especially since so many treat the Scottish Parliament like a school playground.
Poor arithmetic used while submitting expenses claims, failure to attend and failure to meet manifesto promises should lead to the sack without compensation.
I wonder how many would be left.
CLARK CROSS
Springfield Road
Linlithgow