Sunday May 27, 2012

None of us at the school can speak about crime in detail. It's not just students who learn a lot from him, but also us teachers.

A teacher at Ito High School in Wakayama Prefecture, referring to a retired police officer who now spends his time giving lectures to high school students to warn them of the tragic realities of crime. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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    neverknow2

    No one cares!

    Next story please!

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    neverknow2

    Maybe yes maybe no. I think if the country would focus on education about equality, the pervert crime rate would drop signifigantly.

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    paisley

    I think its good that a policeman cares enough that he would use his retirement years to try and show young people a better way of life so they can avoid making a tragic mistake. Sometimes young people fail to see the tragedy behind the "thrill" of getting away with shoplifting, the "advantage" of swindling a company, the "fun" of molesting girls on the train or beating up a homeless man, etc. Sometimes the sight of youth is very narrow so they cant fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and how their actions will effect so many others than just themselves. I think the policeman is doing a good thing. I remember when I was a kid, inmates who did drug related crimes would speak to our school every year. I can still remember some of their speaches better than my history and social studies lectures. As for equality, well Western & communist countries have preached it for decades but perhaps the biggest perverts of all are in these countries. The answer is getting to the heart as it sounds like this police is trying to do.

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