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  • I lost a boy in Afghanistan yesterday.

    05/31/2011 6:24:25 PM PDT · by naturalman1975 · 157 replies
    1st June 2011 | Vanity
    I'm a teacher - I teach at one of Australia's top private schools. Yesterday the news came that one of our old boys - a boy I taught ten years ago - a man now, but it's hard not to see him as a boy - was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, serving his country. I'm finding this hard to deal with. I encouraged him to join the services - as I had done. It's hard not to regret that at this point - I believe it is a noble thing to serve your country. I believe it...