I am the father of two teenagers and I have been a school Governor for 6 years. I get wholly sick and tired of the continual demonisation of our youth by the media and crusty old farts under the heading 'name and address supplied'.
As said, there is a minority that should be dressed in concrete and sent to the depths of the North Sea but the overwhelming majority are excellent human beings.
Sadly, at our local High School there have been two deaths amongst senior members of staff recently. The reaction from the kids has been breath taking. They organised memorial pages on the various internet sites, wore black at school for two entire days. They have formed their own committees to plan permanent memorials for each teacher and are organising fund raisers to raise the cash. All of this was done without prompting or intervention from the teachers. The Head Teacher was actually moved to tears by their behaviour and wrote to every parent.
Also, I meet far more rude adults than I do kids.
