Gang fights now a trend?

Gang fights now a trend?

From Jayakarta

Gang fights among secondary high school students seem to have become a trend. The fights go so far that sometimes students wound and kill their foes.

One day during the month of Ramadhan I saw a group of students carrying sickles, belts, stones and bamboo ready for a gang fight.

Security officers do make efforts to control student gang fights, usually either by persuasion, by instruction (a course at Condet) or by punishment, particularly for those carrying sharp weapons.

I have observed that students in general lack courteous behavior. Students' behavior should not be the sole responsibility of teachers. Parents have a strategic role in educating their children.

Factors contributing to student behavior are parents, teachers, law enforcers, the community and religious dignitaries. These people should work together to instill discipline and correct behavior in our youth.

TEGUH SUYONO

Bogor, West Java