From: root@access.digex.com (Express Access System Admin)
Subject: Re: Earth Train arrives in Washington
Organization: Express Access, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 05:05:52 GMT

In article <BvJqCw.CnJ@quake.sylmar.ca.us> brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
>In article <1992Oct2.000125.13381@samba.oit.unc.edu> Nigel.Allen@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Nigel Allen) writes:
>>   Throughout their journey across the U.S., Earth Trainers have
>>already conducted youth action forums and town meetings in Los
>>Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland, Denver, and are on their way to
>>Chicago and New York.  During these sessions, Earth Trainers teach
>>other youths leadership skills -- bridging gaps between inner city
>>and suburban youths, blacks and whites -- and discussing problems and
>>answers to issues such as crime, drugs, racism, education and family
>>values from the youth perspective.  
>
>What is a "youth perspective"?  Is such a perspective different than an
>adult perspective?  Is such a perspective likely to be better or worse
>than the adult one?  Do you think that kids have the knowledge and 
>experience necessary to deal with these problems effectively?

I would say that the "youth" perspective on some of this is 
different from the "adult" perspective, or at least the perspective
that the adult "guides" for these "youth leaders" will have.

Since they are going to present the "youth" perspective on drugs,
I wonder if we will get to hear from any of the youth who like 
certain recreational drugs, or will we simply get the traditional
kids-sitting-around-talking-about-how-bad-drugs-are, while the 
adults nod their approval, and then 20 minutes later these same 
kids are doing bong (oops. water pipe) hits back home?

Not for me to say what is good or bad on the drugs issue; I simply
get tired of the same old "parade the kids out saying how horrible
it is" crap.  This has been going on since I was in high-school I 
know, and that was a bunch of years ago.  It still looks the same,
they are saying the same crap, and the "adults" are still just as 
out of touch with the kids as they were back when I was on the 
other side of the fence. 

Just a bunch of adults pushing their agenda and finding kids to 
be easy to manipulate emotional hooks for their causes.  Sigh.

>Not like all those other kids who are planning a life of death and 
>destruction huh?  All those kids studying chemistry out there are 
>working for a worse tomorrow, right?

Really.  All these kids are going to get up there and take a pledge 
to do the right thing, to be good little robots and follow the 
adult agendas.  I am sure that some of the kids feel that they are 
doing the right things, but then these adults are their role models
and are telling them that this is right...

I wonder if the adults are going to get up there and take that
pledge?  Are they then going to head for the parking lot and 
light up a butt, maybe catch a drink on the way home?

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