I date my own skate board experiences back to the early and mid  60's the
first being actually made using metal skate wheels from a pair of roller
skates then later the nice easier ride wide plastic ones.... it was a joy to
laminate various types and colors of wood to make a board that not only was
nice but attractive as well... anyway...... Growing up in Palos verdes
California was wonderful, there were hills and steep streets!

 had I boarded where I should not have been, or caused problem to  others
property there would have been hell to pay. I  was able to respect other's
property and still enjoy my board ( it was thick also!)

Let's cut the 'bleeding heart' crap..... face it, there are kids out there
that respect property and those that don't . lets simplify it even
further... the ones that don't respect others property deserve the title
'little bastards'. The lack of respect for property is of course
proportional to their parents with the same attitude.  Unfortunately we live
in an era of less parental supervision than was available during the 50's
and 60's and.... also unfortunately I do not see this getting any better.

Let me further qualify this by the fact I do not have a skate boarder
problem  at our facility but have observed them. Many of them enjoy the act
of defiance, adventure, and challenge, but apparently without some of the
education some of our parents afforded is in respect and common sense.

As I grew up I enjoyed skateboarding, surfing, motorcycle racing, but......
I learned don't mess with the other folks property.

E.A. 'Doc' Sharpe, the James Dean of Archivists


----- Original Message -----
From: "Star Meyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:26 PM
Subject: Problems with skateboarders on the museum property


> I've read the skateboarders messages with interest as we had a similar
> problem in front of our building which, thankfully, solved itself. The
kids
> must have found somewhere else more interesting. They left behind a
scarred
> and broken mess.
>
> I find myself, as often, too able to see both sides. Skateboarding is a
> "new" sport (I'd hate to date myself by dating my own skateboard, thick as
a
> plank, wait, it WAS a plank, made just for me by my very own dad, aaah,
what
> these kids are missing with their off-the-shelf hi-techie stuff), but the
> kids need to experience it as part of their maturing process, and learn to
> respect others' "rights," not just insist on their own.
>
> The kids who want a skateboard part shouldn't have it "given" to them. If
> the kids are old enough to be out so long on their own (and have so much
> study-free time on their hands!), they also are old enough to have
> after-school jobs to earn money to help pay for their skateboard park, and
> to organize fund raisers. This would help them learn to be productive and
> patient, to work towards getting what they want (adulthood offers few
> hand-outs to most of us, regardless of who we and where we are), and,
> perhaps, also instill in them a sense of non-violent civic participation,
> conservation, and respect for public property.
>
> Star
> [log in to unmask]
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