Good evening all,

This is my first post on this forum so I do apolgise if I cover old ground, I have looked at a couple of posts regarding national service and mention of a lottery system for national service and it links in with what I planned as my first post.

I am 24 years of age enagaged with a young son that I am fighting tooth an nail with to raise with manners and respect, I am forced by the PC and HR bregades to do this without any means of real discipline and resort to " corner time" which I detest, I can see why parents give up and sit the child in front of a TV and let manners and respect fly out of the window in return for a easy quiet life.

for a long time I have been mulling over a solution in my head that I think would be a start to dealing with the "chav culture" that exists today.

I believe that at the same time children choose their options (the GCSE options) they also have 3 further choices that shape the rest of their life,

1. further education, if they ditch within the first year they have to do 2 years national service
2. apprenticeship, as above if they ditch within a year
3. 2 years national service


I really do believe this would add a little more value to the first 3 years of school as this choice really will shape the rest of their lives, and it would stop people following their parents into the dole trap (no, most are not job seekers)

I also believe that ANYONE suspended from or expelled from school or convicted of "youth crimes" or given the "badge of honour" that is an ASBO will be put on some type of monitoring system, after a certain period of time they either come of the monitoring system and have their choices back or these are made for the, but in a positive sence, what would really work for this child, will 2 years in the army actualy work or will 2-3 years learning a trade be a better choice, this means that they are not just shipped out to whatever war we maybe fighting for the hell of it but because it is actually going to be of value to that child.

I really would appreciate any posts on this, either way (just not moaning about my grasp of the english language or my spelling and grammar.

thankyou

Justin