Sooner or later, Saddam and Clinton will both stand trial for their crimes against humanity. No one can deny that the relationship between teachers and students has deteriorated in recent years. As Mr Wahba said, this is a direct result of the general deterioration in students' manners, so we should deal with this matter seriously. In fact, however, the responsibility is mutual and the teacher has a great role in the solution. If the teacher deals with the student in a fatherly way, the student has to respect his teacher.
Violence is a direct result of violence.
The Ministry of Education punishes the person who is in the wrong, whether teacher or student, because it tries to protect both teachers and students. On behalf of students, I apologise to our teachers. We do respect them, and would like to see kindness and respect from both sides. Ahmed Samir Mahanna Al-Azhar Institute Dairut All readers' contributions and comments should be addressed to The Editor. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.