Iain
29th April 2005, 11:12 AM
Many years ago my Father was working for a State justice department assisting and evaluating errant youths who had been before the bench.
One young man who shall remain nameless had limited literary skills and had been unemployed for a considerable period of his short life.
In an effort to try and set him on the straight and narrow my Father somehow managed to get him a job in a local abbatoir.
He handled this well and managed to keep out of trouble and even managed to save enough to buy a car, the gem was the letter received from his Mother:
'Dear Mr XX, thankyou for finding my son a steady job. He left school at 13 and up until now has never had a job. He is very happy at work and all his life he has wanted to work with animals...............
One young man who shall remain nameless had limited literary skills and had been unemployed for a considerable period of his short life.
In an effort to try and set him on the straight and narrow my Father somehow managed to get him a job in a local abbatoir.
He handled this well and managed to keep out of trouble and even managed to save enough to buy a car, the gem was the letter received from his Mother:
'Dear Mr XX, thankyou for finding my son a steady job. He left school at 13 and up until now has never had a job. He is very happy at work and all his life he has wanted to work with animals...............