Ian, what a joke! It is the teachers who are constantly adding their students onto their ever-growing Facebook friends’ list. Even their school councellor, who should be best equipped to know that this is unacceptable behaviour, adds all the students to his list. This is an issue that the school has discussed but apparently, few teachers ever complied, with some saying that what they do in their private lives has nothing to do with the school.

By the same token, the headmaster should not have accepted the invitation to the Independence Day party, or special access to the security area, as he was obviously invited only because he is the headmaster at Soleil and Etoile’s school.

He exercised very poor judgement in going. For this he should issue an apology to the Board of Governors.

We have come to expect bad social behaviour from the PM and his wife. They treat their position as if it is their natural birthright as opposed HE ALONE being the current ELECTED representative of the people, with all the obligations that comes with that.

Joseph and Michelle Muscat will not feel embarrassed by this as they do not have the social background to even realise that they have done anything wrong.

And if they do, then they don’t care, which is even worse.

Those around them need to be even more prudent otherwise they will set themselves up to being embarrassed by the actions of the PM and his wife, as I am sure Dr Gauci is feeling right now.

Paris Hilton comes to mind.

Abroad this is seen as a first level of sucking up and not tolerated.

There is no way anyone in the class is going to want to be labelled a sucker, wuss, loser etc.

It’s a whole mentality of the obbligat, nservik, qaddej fidil variety, confirmed by the subservient nod of the head when meeting or departing company with others.

The headmaster should have known better but, quite evidently, his social coding did not find it alarming.

That is the loudest alarm to be sounded, and the very reason why there are two Maltas in conflict with one another.

That, is why it is worth making a fuss.

If you send your child to what is meant to be the Church replacement school and amongst the best in Malta, you pay for things like this – instinctive awareness of social coding, not for what you can get in a state school.

There is no sense of value.

I don’t know if M was referring to a private school. I have the impression that private and church schools can do what they want.

My friend went on holiday to Australia for three months with her 10 year old daughter. The daughter’s teacher used to send her the homework everyday and believe it or not the next year, she was promoted without any problems. This happened in a Church school.

As far as I know, Mrs Muscat has a degree in English. And she is still studying pronunciation?

[Daphne – Communications, I believe, not English.]

LOL – where do you come up with such ideas from? Couldn’t stop laughing.

What has that got to do with anything anyway, Chris?

Mark, you are of course entitled to your opinions, even if they are stunted by poor reasoning, injustice and served with a dosage of self indulgence.

I live in a world in which truth and fiction are separate affairs.

If I take a stand on an issue, I do so with full-hearten convictions. I lay it out there as I see for anyone to see. What’s more, I do it in my real name.

You sir or madam, on the other hand, remind me of what is so terribly wrong with anonymity when commenting online. It is the comfort zone of poor weak and terrified cowards.

I am not anxious to take lessons in democracy from a person who is so very consumed by envy and fear, that they feel compelled to hide behind a first name.

I do not know you because you hide in the shadows. You know me only because I fear lies and deceit.

[Daphne – Come on, Paul, let’s not be over-dramatic.]

If you say so Daphne. Then it must be so!