The classroom is not for the faint-hearted | Brief letters

Teaching | Active over-70s | Snow in June | Naming flowersAs a school teacher for more than 25 years, I can certainly say that I have never found children and education to be a “soft” option (Letters, 13 June). Oh for a nice peaceful manufacturing facility or scientific research establishment... Clare Addison Oxford• With reference to “Guardian-reading over-70s” staying active (Letters, 13 June), I tend to follow the sound advice of the American cartoonist Paul Terry