What the system did not take into account was some children did not want to “join the wolf pack”, and be a team leader or follower. They had self discipline, were not unruly, had been conditioned from an early age to be well mannered, to respect elders and above all have consideration for others. Such passive individuality did not pose a threat, but equally did not conform and was viewed by the school establishment as an inconvenience that had to be pushed into line.
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I believe the most important factors were completely missing from the rigid school curriculum. Almost every day we have to negotiate with other humans, we were never instructed how to do this. We were not advised how to consider the feelings of others, and in doing so exploring awareness of how we perceive the world around us. The highest aspiration should have been the most kindest and considerate person at school. Care and understanding the needs of disabled people would have been of far more use than learning how to be brutal on the sports field. Instruction on how the stronger help the weaker not taunt and bully them, I believe, would have helped to alleviate a fair amount of aggressive behaviour.
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The Second World War, what has it taught us, and what does it tell us about the human race? As the generation who took part in World War Two diminishes, along with them the warning from history also appears to be drifting into the mist of time. Pictures of atrocities begin to have less impact on following generations who live in a world far removed from that of the nineteen thirties and forties. As society and our view of war changes the mistakes of previous generations appear to be ignored and continuously repeated like a self-destruct mechanism. I believe that ignoring history puts everyone's future in peril. Wars and crimes against humanity are still going on throughout the world, dictators still come to power and endeavour to inflict extremist ideology over others and mindless lemmings culture continues almost unabated with every new generation. CONTINUED
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