STAND BY FOR A GENERATION OF
THUGS
Last week I started teaching criminal justice at
a local high school. Working as a full time
police officer, my intention was to bring
knowledge and experience to the students in my
class. After a week of working with these so
called 12th grade students, I am
upset, concerned and mad at the way we have let
our teaching standards fall down to a sub zero
level.In a
week, I have seen blatant disrespect to the law,
to police and to authority by a group of 32
seniors. I have seen pressure from the school
administration to "go easy" when
assigning homework. I have seen personal
biographies with NO sentence structure, spelling
errors on simple words and slang used in every
other sentence.
I put myself as a
boss trying to hire these guys and soon I
realized that the group in front of me would grow
up to be thugs working for $6 and hour at some
local warehouse or grocery store. If they have
not joined a street thug crew yet, they most
likely will once they realize they do not have
what it takes to buy a house, own a car and raise
a family.
I though about how
a school’s administration can stoop so low
and let these people graduate. My children will
grow up with this group of students who I am sure
represent a huge part of our nation’s teen
population.
All I can tell you
is that I have seen it in person and I am
convinced that we are headed towards a generation
of thugs. A generation of growing criminal
activity, increased gang participation and
growing disrespect to law and order.
I am in my forties
now and may see the beginning of the end of
civilized life, as we know it. I am fearful for
my three well-educated middle class children.
Will they be victims of a drive by, a car
jacking, a robbery? The likelihood is getting
greater.
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