How I agree with James Frances, of Uckfield, on the need for more strictness in our schools (Letters, April 27).

In those days, we were taught to take punishment with our heads held high.

This produced the nation of true Brits who could respond to Churchill's call for blood, toil, tears and sweat in defence of this island (and the rest of Europe) and so create a "land fit for heroes".

That there are indeed heroes out there is apparent in the pages of The Argus but how on earth did this compensation culture and the "there, there, diddums" attitude to the yobs come about?

We girls received similar correction and if we whined to our mothers we were asked what we had done to deserve it, which made us think. Was it all worth it, Mr Frances?

-Elizabeth M Field, Shelley Road, Worthing