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Ok....ok...ok...havent been blogging much lately on my marital status, so recently i'm more into current affairs and social happenings in our local shores.... i still do not know whether my blogs have been 'exposed' to other sets of eyes yet......
will post a pic later.....am in the office blogging.......so mayb not so convenient.


Much has been said about truancy in schools and the negative attitudes of some of our students today. Infact the government is considering making truancy a crime but is imprisonment the answer? I believe this drastic action would scar the 'missing' students for life.
What then is a 'good' solution to this problem? Who are to blame for the attitudes of our youngsters? Nowadays, our younger generation are considerably more 'pampered' and 'knowledgeable' than students of yesteryears. With the internet and readily available information from the media, students nowadays are more matured and have easy access to any kind of information they want.
It is always the case that when the youth of our nation is 'problematic', fingers will be pointed to the teachers, parents and society except to the students themselves. People should take responsibilty over their own behaviours. It is always so easy to point fingers and blame, but at the end of the day sudents who play 'truant' should bear the consequences of their own actions.
Schools can work closely with parents to monitor the coming-ins and going-outs of students who display problematic behaviours. Counselling and perhaps even visits to 'homes' and videos showing 'underpriviledged children' of other nations are good ways to instill some values into our wayward youth. If all these fails then perhaps schools can work with the police. The police officers can keep a lookout for students who are found off school campuses during school hours. These students are delivered to the nearest police holding center, where information is taken for their records and their parents are notified. I believe these actions can instil fear into the students once they are 'arrested' by the men in blue.
If all fails, then perhaps these students can be 'forced' to do community work or given positions of authority in the schools. Sometimes 'reverse psychology' works. If students think that they have responsibilities and they are 'empowered', it may change their attitudes.
As truancy is a complex problem requiring a comprehensive response, educators, law enforcement agencies, communities and families all play a part in truancy prevention. What about starting with campaigns to reeducate our youth??

A youth at heart - me.