Merri,

Here, here!

Tim

Timothy S. Bottoms
Museum Registrar
Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street
Wilmington, North Carolina  28401-4731
910.341.4350 x 3011
910.341.4037 (fax)




                    Merri Pemberton
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I have read some of the stories about the skateboarder problems. I
understand that these kids should have a place to skateboard, and that some
of the museum employees who wrote about this problem wanted to find a
peaceful solution, but shouldn't this problem be handled more firmly,
whereas you give fair warning to the skateboarders to not use the museum
facilities as a playground, and if you disregard this rule, you will have
to  face a punishment e.g. pay a fine, parents or children; or do community
service), and if that doesn't work, then maybe the authorities should talk
to the parents of these children.

    A business, especially a museum with some of its artwork outside, must
be firm in dealing with these kids, and not have to cater to their every
whim - especially when not dealing with the educational purposes of the
museum. As a former teacher assistant and teacher, I know for a fact that
if us adults don't set boundaries, even to something like skateboarding on
the museum's grounds, then they won't learn to respect the museum as a
special place of education, not to be used as a stomping ground, or at
least not respect it as quickly.

    Unfortanately, some of the children -not all of them- may not be
getting the discipline and boundaries that they need at home (another close
observation of a teacher/assistant teacher), so the rest of the adult
society have to sometimes bear the brunt. Well,  I must be going.

Sincerely,

Merri
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