An eye on pupils
I felt quite uplifted by your headline, “Pupils given credit with £10 of savings” (9 August).
Recently, the American word, “student”, has been used in the media, and so increasingly in schools, to describe the young people who attend school.
There always used to be a clear distinction between school pupils and students who attended colleges or universities.
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Hide AdWhy are we slipping into the ambiguous American terminology? Hopefully, if you continue to use “pupils” then we might return to the much clearer standard English usage.
Oh, and I enjoyed reading the article, too.
Lovina Roe
Glasgow Road
Perth