Former softie

Original Toronto Star caption: Former softie: Teacher Joel Strum, head of the English department at Birchmount Collegiate, says he's changed his views after 16 years in the classroom and that he now believes in strong classroom discipline. An incident in which he was assaulted by a teenager in the hallway of the school helped change his mind. I had to fend off three or four punks. When the police came, one kid assaulted me again and attacked one of the policeman, he said.