01-08-2007, 08:00 AM
...just weighing in as another mother outraged at the situation of this poor boy and the state of things at KHS. What really bothers me is how *fantastic* the facilities are at Keaau HS! Those kids are so blessed, so lucky! All the potential exists for it; there should be lots of things to do on campus, as well as being located in the sleepy haven of Keaau town, where one can safely walk in, with good neighborhoods right nearby, shopping (ok, we all want it to step up in that regard, helllloooo a damned bar and pawn shop ACROSS THE STREET OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL!), but still...
kids should be able to grow up and have fond memories of growing up in a sleepy town and being able to walk here/there. Their opportunity for nostalgia is being ripped out from under them because of some people's children.
Further, I confess to catching myself wondering about these many "rotten apples"...did their mothers hit the ice pipe when pg with them? Are they fetal-alcohol exposed? Thinking about it, this is the age for many of those kids who were exposed as babies, prior to the widespread (but too late) anti-ice campaigns. The original footholds that created drug-exposed babies are now finding those babies are teenagers, and their withered coping skills has resulted in a pool of angry young adults.
How do we help them?
How do we save ourselves from them if they cannot be helped?
The question makes me very sad.
kids should be able to grow up and have fond memories of growing up in a sleepy town and being able to walk here/there. Their opportunity for nostalgia is being ripped out from under them because of some people's children.
Further, I confess to catching myself wondering about these many "rotten apples"...did their mothers hit the ice pipe when pg with them? Are they fetal-alcohol exposed? Thinking about it, this is the age for many of those kids who were exposed as babies, prior to the widespread (but too late) anti-ice campaigns. The original footholds that created drug-exposed babies are now finding those babies are teenagers, and their withered coping skills has resulted in a pool of angry young adults.
How do we help them?
How do we save ourselves from them if they cannot be helped?
The question makes me very sad.