It probably was when we were kids. It's a totally different world now. If you were to do as advised now the likelihood would be expulsion from school and a lawsuit from the other kids parents.
As a parent it must be horrible witnessing something like this through the eyes of an adult.
It's scenarios like this that terrify me. Our son who just turned 4 is starting school next week. He's such a friendly social boy which has been aided by him being in nursery since he was 6 months, all...