it is trne. is shown as a bully, but in
such a way that it is impossible not to feel sympathy towards him, and the others are shown as ordinary human beings desperately struggling to make the best of a had job. When they fail it is made perfectly clear why they fail, and these reasons, visually stated, would have had an impact, particularly on parents, which no amount of written comment or official exhor- tation could ever achieve.
The same is equally true with regard to children, who are not necessarily stupid or lacking in perception and judgement. I believe they might have realised through this film the cruel, unthinking, destructive side of their own natures, and would have sensed, perhaps for the first time, that teachers arc human like themselves. Far from its doing them harm, as the censors seem to think, I believe this film could have done them a great deal of good, and I feel that the censors have made a serious error of judgement in labelling the film as unsuitable for children. — Yours faithfully, 38 Upwood Road, Lee, S.E.12 JAMES LOGAN
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