A youth and the HP books

[kemper mentor]

Last fall I finally got a youth to read year one.  This has taken nearly four years.  It's not that he can't read; it's that he is an intellectual snob.  It took him a month, with school, to finish the series.  

When I first met this youth, he had the biggest authority problem and referred to the female of our species as "b__ch."  I fostered and mentored this youth.  Within a year or so, his definition and use of the word changed which isn't to say that the word was dropped from his lexicon.  The authority problem took longer to shift.  He was once against all authority but now is against oppressive authority.  He is my favorite activist.  

It has been nearly 9 years since we entered each others lives.  He turns 22 today.

I work directly in partnership with at-risk youth.  13 years in this field, interacting with several west coast states, in rural and metropolitan cities.  Never has there been any where that Family Services (or whatever it is called from state to state) or the Police just go and pick up youth who were recently smacked in a store.  I'm a mandatory reporter (if a youth reports any kind of abuse [except emotional], I am to file a report with family services).  If anything, police and family services are   s  l  o  w   to act.

-Kemper

Who finds displeasure when the audience claps through movements, or when they don't turn off a cell phone, or worse when they answer it.  

Who recommends that people get involved with youth instead of bitch about them.  

Who encourages eligible youth to vote.  

Who enjoys Potter over and over again.



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