Middle class or what

I wonder how many of us who have had a career in education have, on occasion, wondered sometimes that our younger generation lead relatively cosseted existences.

At one stage in the redevelopment of our school buildings we had to have a small metal staircase bridge put in place to allow our children to cross safely over a small road from the school premises onto an adjacent playing field for PE/Games lessons and lunchtimes. Whilst going over the bridge myself I overheard one girl say to another;- “Phew, these steps are steep – why haven’t they fitted an escalator?”.