RACHEL Ellis banned from school, no "studdies" or no studies, good for the school.

Had it been in France the same would have happened and the parents (there are two there, as a rule, usually married!) would have been prosecuted for keeping the child from education by default.

Two different cultures - I know the one I prefer.

Mick Snowden,

Manor Farm Bungalow,

Amotherby, Malton.

Updated: 10:57 Tuesday, May 16, 2006