Carnival Fight
Dear PM & Mr. Claire Browne
I wish to add my little two pence to the present discussion concerning the behaviours of our young people today, especially those in our secondary schools.
According to my observation, it seems as though statistics has shown us that a high percentage of the troublemakers in the schools are from the depressed and impoverished communities such as Gray’s Farm, Green Bay, Ottos, Bendals, Golden Grove, Point, Villa, Clare Hall and the Fort Rd areas.
It is my view, that these are the areas where social standards are limited and the residents, survive from pay cheque to pay cheque..In addition, the culture of harnessing the children with much values is also questionable.
In these communities, fights & arguments ( cussing) become the order of the day and hence, these practices follow individuals wherever they go. As a result, they will always be a reflection or a product of their environment and perhaps create the chaos that we are experiencing today.
Therefore, I think the Gov’t should move away from placing all student into a school nearest to their place of resident and look at a system to minimize that high concentration of students leaving from the same primary school and been place in the same seconadary school after the students has passed their common entrance exam.
Students from the affluent areas should be integrated with those students from the impoverished areas. It may only need a proper transportation system to accommodate the students.
Let us not forget the cliche that birds of a feather will always flock together and if you lie with dogs you will rise with their flees.
Alex
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