Forgive me for being a wicked old past school principal, but I never countenanced the use of bad language by students in my schools.

Neither did I accept disparaging comments toward children by teachers. How sinful of me not to allow the free flow of foul mouthed invective, disparaging comment and blasphemy. And now I will receive comment asking me to ‘define’ ‘foul mouth’, ‘disparaging’ and ‘blasphemy’.

Goodness, I WAS a bad man for requiring the respectful use of language.

However, my schools were schools and not circuses where classroom teachers had to spend far too much time on managing poor behaviour and disciplinary issues.