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DavePage Member Elite
since 2003-12-21
Posts 2917 |
I was listening to something in the UK about kids getting into trouble between 13 and 17. I know we don’t have National Service anymore and the peers don’t understand they have come from nothing and others look up to them and that keeps them targeted on honest endavours. There is a way Not of fire bombs Not to hurt Beyond understanding Of what harm you do No-one will make you more than you can You know in yourself what you need We know what we should do And that you should be the priority We need your help to understand Why it takes so long Almost to the point that you don’t need the words To understand Why we can’t find alternatives And yes money And countries that let you die For their own ends And we all need to go through something But in yourself You know And I suppose we only give you Freedom When We felt we couldn’t make you In some image We never achieved. |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
what, are you saying they wait 'till age 13 in the UK?  seriously though, Dave, after spending half my life working with children aged birth-70? LOVE and lots of understanding (as well as discipline) and RESPECT for them as individuals. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
always thought-provoking |
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froggy Senior Member
since 2003-06-23
Posts 1893Michigan |
Interesting read :-) Within this heart you'll find love |
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DavePage Member Elite
since 2003-12-21
Posts 2917 |
I appreciate your comments but by the time I was 6 I was known to most Bus Inspectors for giving my name and address around London to just travel, although most of it was to the Museums which were free and I could learn watch and see. By the time I hit this age and the UK does very little to help kids stay off the streets, I knew that as soon as I could, I had to get out of the environment. The Royal Navy provided that environment. It took me, it broke me, it rebuilt and I didn't like an inch. Everything I have achieved in my life, no matter how I fought it, was to the discipline that the Royal Navy instilled in me. I worked with ex-prisoners in a voluntary capacity and the down and outs with a partner "Vidi Narayan" for the first years and then themselves but using Accountancy skills on failing entities. But nothing I achieved would have been achieved with the Royal Navy, it's values and it's training. Mothering is fine for some but I needed discipline. Dave |
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