Posted on 02/09/2009 4:19:28 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Ralph Surman, a national executive member of the Association of Teacher and Lecturers, said a significant number of young people who were brought up by single mothers in the 1980s are now doing nothing with their lives, have no work ethic, few social skills and cause higher crime rates.
Mr Surman, a deputy head of Cantrell Primary and Nursery School in Bulwell, Nottingham, said: "We must talk about a class of uber-chavs. They are not doing anything productive and are costing taxpayers a fortune.
"It is very difficult, almost impossible, to take these people now and provide basic social and work ethic skills.
"The offspring of the first big generation of single mothers were children in the 1980s. Now they are adults with their own children and the problems are leading to higher crime rates and low participation in the labour force."
He spoke after figures obtained by the Conservatives showed the number of 18 to 24-year-olds classed as Neet - young people not in education, employment or training - has soared over the last five years.
Unemployment rates among 20-year-olds alone has rocketed by almost 50 per cent since 2003.
David Willetts, Conservative shadow skills secretary, who obtained the figures following a Parliamentary question, said: "The rise is vivid evidence of the deep problems in our education and training system.
"People are dropping out once school finishes because they can't find the right opportunities. From 18 onwards, the position is especially bad."
The number of 18 to 24-year-olds Neets increased from 590,000 to 730,000 over the last five years. Numbers increased by 38,000 to 113,000, figures show.
Mr Surman's comments were criticised by David Mellen, head of education at Nottingham City Council, who said the term "uber-chav" demonises young people and is damaging.
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Use the same solution on them as is on feral animals. Of course, that’s me but I’m a cynic.
I have heard of many studies showing that children brought up in other than intact two parent households are more prone to various problems. This seems to confirm that single parenting is not in the best interest of the children, and that government policies should discourage it.
Is “uber-chav” a Britishism, or is it a term I just don’t know? I’ve tried looking it up.
“...David Mellen...said the term “uber-chav” demonises young people and is damaging.”
And that sort of political incorrectness is what helped mess up those kids in the first place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav
Chav, Chava or Charva is a derogatory term applied to certain young people in the United Kingdom. The stereotypical image of a chav is a white aggressive teen or young adult, of working class background, who wears branded sports and casual clothing (baseball caps are also common) who often fights and engages in petty criminality and are often assumed to be unemployed or in a low paid job.
After a stunned pause, the mind reels with sarcastic replies.
That's what there are.
That's what needs to be done.
What the heck is a neet?
Also note that Their IQs are dropping in the UK.
British teenagers have lower IQs than their counterparts did 30 years ago
Teenagers in Britain have lower IQ scores than their counterparts did a generation ago, according to a study by a leading expert.
‘Chav’ is a slang term for Britain’s underclass who are said to exist primarily on benefits and the proceeds of crime.
‘Uber’ which is of course, German for ‘super’ denotes that these are even more ‘chavvy’ than average.....
N.E.E.T. is the acronym for “Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training”.
In other words, Bum.
Not in Education, Employment or Training....
Chav is like “yob” then. Lots of words for ruined Brit kids...
"Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training".
Sources say it's from gypsy slang. I suspect it may be related to Spanish "chavo."
For those who ever allowed themselves to believe that all cultures are interchangeable or that the traditional family is an anachronism: behold the Brave New Future.
Kinda, but a YOB is considered higher class than a CHAV if my reading of the matter is correct.
The leftists in the UK wanted to wipe out working class whites. They pretty much succeeded. They gave jobs to illegals or anyone else but these people. Drove out any manufacturing, encouraged pre-maritial sex by glorifying sluts etc. Coming here under O.
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