Opinion: The end of school brings a sense of independence and freedom. But when you don't understand responsibility, or consequence, danger lies ahead, writes Brandon Jack.
When I read through the challenges, apparently written by the boys at Shore school, I see the intentions behind the words. Many of these challenges are – for the most part – the sorts of things I found funny too as an 18-year-old boy.
There are also those challenges which are clearly attempts to enter the adult world: "win $50+ on the slaps", "Rail a cap", "Shoey a whole beer". Again, I have done most of these things.But then there are those that reflect the social structures of the world these boys are in. Spitting on a homeless person reeks of a class privilege where value and worth is attached to money.
I had my first ever interaction with the police at the age of 12, on my last day of primary school. A group of us caught a bus to a friend's house, singing a song full of swear words on the way. On the walk from the bus stop, we stopped at a half-built house and started throwing rocks at the windows, before crossing a line of tape to cause more destruction.
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