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Last week I had to show some school kids around our department, to whet their appetite for our work in the NHS. There were about eighteen of them, all at around 15/16 years old.

Talk about ridiculous, not one of them had the slightest ability to pay attention for more than a few seconds - tittering, fooling around, it was pathetic. I could see two at the back who wouldn't even get off the mobile phone from texting someone. Ignorant, selfish, self-centred !

They had the attention span of a gold fish! (And to think I wanted to go into teaching when I left school

I was meant to spend half hour or so briefly going over what we do in the NHS, in Rehabilitation, but after five minutes I gave up - I refused to go on. It was like a chimps tea party, in fact I'd rather have had chimps.

Another colleague had already spent part of the morning with them trying to show them some equipment we use for speech and language development, where one lad got as far as typing into a device "I'm bored". (Well I guess at least he knew how to type)

As I gave them back to the teacher I said "have YOU got your hands full or what?". She just smiled at me and rolled her eyes.

Now it's important to say these weren’t reprobates, but regular kids from a local school who were soon to make their social debut as fully fledged adults able to vote, drink, drive etc. I assume they typify what's out there at most schools.

Their social skills were dreadful, but then what can you expect when they have been brought up in an electronic age which is rapidly taking the place of one-on-one human interaction.

But my worry is what on earth are we introducing into our world and what are the implications?

In truth there were two girls who paid attention but the rest made it so hard, the presentation was effectively sabotaged. In my day the teacher would throw a board rubber at any disruptive kid.

Jeeze, do I know how he felt now.

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Saturday night driving through town I passed an alley with several youths in and a girl with what appeared to be her trousers around her ankles (underwear still on) held against a wall by a couple of the lads with others, including girls, standing watching and laughing.
I screeched to a holt to intervene and was promptly told by the girl to (sorry about this) "Oh fuck off will yer! Mind yer own business we're only 'messin', it's got fuck all to do with you" and all the while getting 16 year old bad boy wannabe looks from the shell suited, Burberry wearing tossers surrounding her.
I am 6ft 2, stocky, with a shaven head and a scouse accent and these knobs didn't give a toss.
When I was younger I was given many a kicking by the older 'lads' just for walking past! But today they know you can't do anything as they will go straight to the Police.
However I was in Liverpool briefly over the weekend and met up with a couple of mates who can be definitely less than human when provoked.
We had stopped at a zebra crossing and had several people in front of us and a Honda something or other which had three lads in had stopped bang in the middle of the crossing and they were laughing at everyone having to walk around them, they could have backed up but no!
My mate John (looks like Mike Tyson's less attractive brother) spots this and casually 'hops' onto the bonnet, stamps his way across and jumps off the other side without looking back.
They wisely remained in the car motionless with a bonnet resembling the moon's surface.
I on the other hand openly admit to ever so slightly wetting myself laughing!

Justice, short and sweet. If I were a cop I'd turn a blind eye to that one. No-one can tell me that wasn't the best most effective lesson in good manners they could have had. Pass an e-drink on to him from me please

Shame about the first case. I know from personal experience exactly what you're on about - sadly.

I know so many good guys who are on the edge of what I call 'a snapper' because of the drip-drip of taunting from faeces' heads and little Hitlers at work.

Being more than able to handle myself too, I'm not so bothered at what they may do to me, I'm frightened more at what I may do to them if they provoke me enough. But that's what they want - to get a rise out of someone. They're pathetic.

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

What have we spawned indeed .

Each successive generation seems ruder and belligerent than the last.
Did you argue with your parents?

However, we give our children rights and little responsibility. We are too quick to believe children, we seem to forget children can be lying manipulative little B!£^£%ds


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Well, parent in my case Dad checked-out when I was seven and mum never remarried.

Mum was very placid and we didn't really argue but if I did get a bit big for my boots, like all mums, she had a Geoff Capes backhand

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.