I sat having lunch with a gentleman who was on a resettlement course after having served 41 years in the military, and was retiring...
What is that about, i asked? Its about learning to put a CV together and looking for jobs, he said. Little did i know that a CV was still useful for retirement... wow, after 41 years in the military, what do you plan on doing? I'm thinking of just doing jobs around the house and maybe some voluntary work, maybe 2 days a week. 41 years worth of invaluable experience, i wondered what good that could do to the lives of the young men and women in our societies? But he shuddered to think how different things had become. How unruly the youth had become... Wouldn't that experience help make things better? I prodded Couldn't your training of the youth help turn things around? No-o , i couldn't do that. I'd smack them and end up in trouble. This exchange left me feeling so deflated and hopeless that our experienced men and women are afraid to pass on their knowledge and experience... Could we utilise these skills in better ways than having them behind the till at British Heart Foundation or Oxfarm charity shops? Please have some courage to pass on your experience and knowledge to opur young, be it directly or indirectly, for his is what in my opinion can change the trajectory that we are spiralling down at. What are your thoughts?
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