The current Mrs Monkey and I read with great interest the latest attempt by this government to beat some sense into the youth of today by filling the current shortfall in teachers with ex-soldiers. A bunch of mostly psychopathic, post traumatic stress suffering, social misfit’s ill equipped to face a world where people have to make choices for themselves. More used being told when to sit, stand, eat, sleep and shit than encouraging youngsters to learn and develop I can only assume that the intention is simply to frighten the crap out of them. We have taken a bunch of people who, let’s face it, probably couldn’t find a proper job, and taught them to be ruthless and vicious killers. Now we want these folks to be the role models for our youth. I presume that ‘water boarding’ will replace lunchtime detention for late homework, and that the hallways, class rooms and assembly halls once filled with the happy and excited chatter of the young will soon echo to the sounds of drill sergeants barking ‘by the centre…quick march…left, left, left, right, left…Tomkins, yes you boy – thrust that bayonet. That’s it lads – thrust and twist…’
But I read on and all becomes clear; this system has been used in America, land of the truly and utterly dim witted, to great effect. School kids their seem to be killing huge numbers of their class mates in seemingly ever more frequent mass shootings so the switch to using ex-marines for teaches has at least taught students to shoot straight.
