If there was still reason to believe that the misbehaviour was continuing, a police sergeant would appear on the scene.
We need joined-up action between local education authorities and the police service to tackle severe misbehaviour.
Privileges such as additional visits or extra time out of cells should be earned by good behaviour and lost by misbehaviour.
But we hear from time to time of other cases of defiant misbehaviour where the teacher's career is threatened by his or her actions.
Simply to condemn misbehaviour is an incomplete and unproductive reaction.
There must be no misunderstanding by those involved of the swift and serious consequences of future misbehaviour.
The reputation of the agent platform and its owners can be irreparably damaged, and, depending on the severity of the misbehaviour, the owner may have to face litigation.
Brazilian authorities must have been led into greater misbehaviour by the large return of confidence in the country, which seems to us otherwise difficult to explain.
