SIR,

In a week when education standards in the United Kingdom were reported at being among the lowest in the western developed world I was dismayed to find your article 'First dayz at skool' so captioned.

Whilst it was a play on the spelling of those words it seemed wholly inappropriate to use such a play in the context of that article. Is it any wonder that education standards are falling?

Cyril Langley

(Usk)