I had problems with bullies and it sounds like they're as bad as ever. Now there's cyberbullying to add to the mix, of course. Bullies transcend time and generations, I think. It needs sorting and generation after generation fail.

Some of the other stuff sounds like lack of discipline. In a way, I wonder if things have got worse, because in the old days, people were scared of the discipline and for some at least, it toned down their bad behaviour.

These days, you can't do anything much apart from tell them off, which is maybe right, but doesn't instil fear. So their behaviour gets worse. We never had poo smeared at my school - not that I was aware of anyway.