Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Two boys arrested for French Quarter murder.

Further from my post this morning, it seems the two boys who committed the senseless murder in the French Quarter on Saturday night have turned themselves in to the New Orleans Police Department. It is said that their own mothers recognized their mug shots but does not say if they turned their sons in, or if the teens turned themselves in. It is odd that my thoughts of the crime centered on what their mothers must think of the situation, and then to be so prominently mentioned in their arrest. Maybe there is hope for New Orleans after all. There must have been mistakes made in their childhoods but it seems that their mothers are indeed able to co-operate with the laws of the land.
Perhaps education is the answer after all. Maybe parents aren't able to 'control' or 'guide' their children, even if they try.
I think we need to figure out a way to educate children early on with not just Maths and English but with life lessons, and ways to feel like they have achieved something.
Whatever happens, something needs to be done and quickly as New Orleans is descending into a city no one will want to live in, or indeed visit with their tourist dollars.

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