Tuck box police again.

A school in Liverpool has apparently suspended one of its pupils for selling crisps to other students at an inflated price. I don't know whether it was the fact that this was "unhealthy" food, or the fact that he was making a profit (or both) which led them to take this action, but either way it raises the question once again of the way schools choose to exercise their powers over pupils. The more schools retreat from their basic duty to be fully in loco parentis the more they seem to latch on to trivial areas in which to wield the big stick. It's as though they feel the need to do something, and now they have to be careful not to even look at children the wrong way for fear of complaint they seek out other ways of imposing their authority. Time to get back to basics I feel.