A supply teacher with progressive anti-corporal punishment views who takes over a rebellious Year 11 class. He refuses physical discipline, attempts alternative methods, and identifies potential in student Fred Harkness. He intervenes to stop a colleague's excessive punishment, takes responsibility for a subsequent riot, and successfully encourages Harkness to aim higher.
They represent opposing philosophies of teaching and discipline.
Saunders rejects corporal punishment, while Gregory treats physical punishment as part of the school's established discipline.
Saunders is Harkness's teacher and tries to guide his development.
Saunders is placed in charge of Harkness's class and later identifies particular promise in the boy.
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