Posted by jose bagge on July 20, 2008 at 17:28:15 from (12.161.55.2):
In Reply to: We're in trouble posted by Massey Harris Steve on July 20, 2008 at 06:41:13:
Don't give up on these kids- they might surprise you. My son, for instance, is a part of this new generation that doesn't want to turn a wrench- but that diesn't mean he couldn't if he had to. These young men and women have a lot of heart- Zac just finished hiking South America and is riding a bike across country from Portland Or to get home. I think the majority of these kids will rise to the occassion- but they will work to live rather than live to work like many of us have.
I think there have always been city kids and country kids- street smarts and farm smarts. Those kids that don't know where an egg comes from could probably program a computer. As adults, we need to try to expose EVERY kid to EVERYTHING they will need to be a success as an adult. We have inner city kids out to the farm for a day every second month as part of a church program-the only reason these kids seem to be in the dark is because adults have kept them there.
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