Rightly said Anthony. Rhetoric is easy.I was surprised Suzanne de Souza used it ,too. Two parents cannot control one child...their own...today. How do we expect two programme officers to look after 50 adolescent children..often a mixed group of giggly girls and rambo boys...for ten days [and nights!] in a row? In addition,they are taken to a new,and often remote,locale where even mobile phones are out of range,there is no vehicle on call and they are on a shoe-string budget.
Having said that, I would give much credit for what I am today to the Boy scout camps and NCC camps that I attended under the most trying conditions in remote areas, without power,phone[no mobiles then], no ambulance[no 101,102 GATES/ambulance], no doctor on call and sometimes no shelter from the rain. We take the risk of never waking up, each night when we go to sleep. Would one rather stay awake all night? Every night? NOTHING RISKED, NOTHING GAINED. That's life. At best a gamble. At worst, a Russian roulette. Would we rather have a generation of couch potatoes and sissies? Viva Goa. Miguel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Bosco - Goanet Volunteer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 13:46:32 -0800 (PST) > Subject: [Goanet]NSS/Scouts and Guides Camps (PST), Anthony Barretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NSS/Scouts and Guides Camps > > Tragedies at camps are not new. It will be running away from the issue to summarily say, as some suggest, such camps should be banned. > > Yet a few questions need to be given due thought to prevent not only tragedies > but ugly incidents that are often reported at these 10-day camps. > Ten days is a long time for a programme officer or two to consistently keep a check on 50 students. The Directorate of Youth Affairs has made the presence of a lady teacher mandatory on the camp site. But often a lady teacher is not there. > > The entire issue calls of an extensive discussion involving the dept of > education, the directorate of youth affairs, parents, teachers and students. > > All rhetoric about discipline not withstanding, there is certainly no use > blaming a programme officer when tragedy strikes. > > Tony Martin > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.530 / Virus Database: 325 - Release Date: 10/23/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
