I WAS walking cross country to deliver fresh vegetables to a friend confined due to severe health problems. As I walked along the cycle path behind Harrogate High, three young men, probably aged about 16 who were sitting on the fence adjacent to the path, laughingly began coughing loudly and attempting to spray saliva in my direction.
Subliminally they are probably as frightened as the rest of us and find an outlet by what they imagine to be ‘amusing’ behaviour. They were all strong and able-bodied and, in different circumstances, quite possibly intelligent young people. Moreover, I do sympathise with the abrupt necessary cessation of their education. However, if anyone knows of youngsters equally bored and troublesome, please recommend them to consider voluntary work which would increase their self-respect and provide useful purpose.
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