Uh, oh, the "P" word...

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> I worked at a reform school for one year and could curl your hair with
> stories that 
> could not be printed on h-f. I also drove a school bus for one year last
> year. and  the majority of the children on the  bus needed to be in the
> reform school more  than the convicted students,. Things that happened on
> the bus definitly could not be repeated. 

Sounds like several of the teens on our church bus.  Many of them have
been born again.  Some are living an overcoming Christian life with a
little more success than others.  The teens now do a pretty good job
"policing" each other WRT language/activity/dress/etc.  e.g. the teens
will not tolerate bad language in church or on the church bus.

When we started our bus ministry it wasn't unusual to find a condom
which might have fallen out of some 13-year-old girl's purse, though
that hasn't been a problem in a while.  We *still* have fights breaking
out on the vans on occasion :-( which is why we *always* have two
adults on each van.   Whenever that happens, we immediately contact the
parents and the participants are not permitted to ride the van for a
couple of weeks.

Richard Masoner