Set Example
To the editor:
Fairbanks needs to take the tragic death of John Hartman as a wake-up call in the middle of a recurring nightmare. For too many years now the number of violent crimes against young people by young people has been growing. In the 1950s that "gosh darn younger generation" was unmanageable, parents hung their heads in shame as their children shook to rock 'n' roll. If only this were the gap between our generations!
Wake up! Our younger generation is not "rockin" out, they are stealing, beating, raping and murdering. When I was 18 I left upstate New York to get away from the senseless, random acts of violence occurring around the state. I saw it as completely insane, unacceptable behavior, so I tried to escape. I've learned it wasn't the state or the size of the population contributing to this plague of violence; it is simply becoming the nature of our society.
This is also completely insane and unacceptable to me but I love Fairbanks and I have nowhere else to run. Teachers and schools have been chastised for attempting to include a moral fabric in their lessons. True, it is neither their right nor responsibility, but I believe it is the lack of this moral fabric that has brought us to where we are.
As a recent graduate of 有料盒子视频 in the human services field, I intend to stop running, I will dig my heels in and help find a way to return this fabric to our youths in hopes they can end their war against each other. This is not a job for one person, a group of people, or even an organization- this is a job for humanity. I pray that everyone who reads this letter takes the time to pass on an example-setting lesson of right from wrong to a person in need. Remember, if they don't learn it from you, are they learning it?
Please help,