General discussion for (Tottenham) riots

setmefree2

toadyfrog - how long do you think a bunch of "real" grown ups are going to be prepared to watch this bunch of kids destroy our homes and city?

Starbrite

setmefree2 wrote: »

How do you teach kids who don't want to learn?

Throw away the rule book and find something they will engage into, something that gets the fire burning inside, (The good fire) Everyone has a passion for something..

Alas the schools don't have the time or the facilities to focus on these people and they loss the will and its a downward spiral...

Thats my theory, having been expelled when I was younger and realising as an adult where I went wrong I have come up with this theory, Yes I was at the back of the class looking out of window into space or causing some form of havoc to annoy the teacher because they didn't take an extra min to explain to me what was being taught....

neverdespairgirl

fc123 wrote: »

......it's just not a practical solution this......I don't think the Somalian Govt would want our problem citizens either. Why would they? Bit insulting to them to assume that they would welcome them over.

Thanks to the ECHR, we're stuck with quite a lot of their nasty types.

Starbrite

misskool wrote: »

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/london_riots.html

photo 23

Building in pic 9 survived ww2 and was built in the 30's

devotee

lostinrates wrote: »

Ironically, I'm talking about animal training on another thread. Its simple...you make the right choice easier to make than the wrong choice. Positive reward is an incredibly powerful tool, but you have to start from a place they are motivated to engage. If the facility exists for them to get no substantial benefit in not making ''the right choice'' why take it?

The other problem here is, the complexity of a society...we NEED to have palateable, sfae and stigmaless social provision for those who need it, and who wants to live in a heartless country.

True, my dog is well behaved usually, but if he does something wrong, I do tell him off!

There was a funny little incident that I witnessed recently involving a dog. I was in a park cafe, then saw this little girl trying to give a dog some chocolate. The dog's owner stood up all worried (as you would as chocolate is poisonous to dogs) and told the girl not to give the dog sweets! You'd think nothing of it, right, but the girls mother comment was interesting! She confronted the dog owner and told her "she's a child, she doesn't understand".... Yeah maybe, but you do, the dog's owner said. Ahm, the child was with her mother at the time and she could have said, no don't give dogs sweets, not good for them, so the girl can actually learn something!

misskool

ealing shopping center on fire

toadyfrog

setmefree2 wrote: »

toadyfrog - how long do you think a bunch of "real" grown ups are going to be prepared to watch this bunch of kids destroy our homes and city?

To be honest with you the parents are probably there too

setmefree2

So are a large proportion of todays youth spoilt brats? (not including my kids and their friends who are really really nice)...

Should we have jusr coughed up EMA?

Is there "any" excuse for this appaling behaviour?

setmefree2

OMG they've attacked the starbucks in Ealing:eek:

setmefree2

misskool wrote: »

ealing shopping center on fire

Ummm we're not sure - people are twittering it isn't....

we're about 10 minutes away...

oh by the way I've lost a packet on the DOW fall.......