Classroom heroes

WHAT a good idea to offer military veterans a £40,000 bursary to retrain as teachers (Mail).

After the war, my school had new fast-track male teachers. There were then, as now, a lot of children in one-parent families, albeit for a very different reason.

These men were like a breath of fresh air, and the boys loved them. They were brisk, vibrant and funny. Yes, they would throw the chalk rubber at a naughty pupil, which they could not do now, but it was always aimed to miss.

Go for it, Mrs May, this is one of your better ideas.

BOBBIE FARRELL, Portishead, Somerset.