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Black belt is the next street boy asked his new pair of yellow belt I managed to keep one hand while, in reply, No, there are some of the colors. Naivety amuses me. However, in faiess, this group of 25 newly minted yellow belts were promoted in record time? Only six weeks. It 'been a special summer program for children in juvenile hall, or expelled from the school district. An experiment. So I could see how one could think that the whole process collapsed. On the other hand, I? Solid D they spent two hours a day, four days a week, hour after hour, for at least the equivalent of a traditional program? A class S of three hours per week for 3-6 months. There was no gimme it. This guy had conveniently forgotten that all the work? D In fact, even if some of the children around them? Still sore, stiff, and blisters? Burst out laughing at his question. However, I heard a dark side to this mirthful moment, as it was in the back of our hard-won results. Certainly, on the surface of this student? S comment seems to be only a novice? S inexperience. But 16 years of experience working with street children, I reject the curtain had fallen. What was? The unsettling feeling lasted a day or two before they could articulate. And it was this: there is a dangerous assumption behind the girl? S core of life. Too often, adolescents who have been cut off for long periods of traditional routes to success starts to look for shortcuts. They may feel that the deficiencies in one or more areas of their lives: school, society, sports, going out, or maybe the shame of their family of origin or status. As I thought, there has been a growing belief that the child may actually create a connection available. And this is worrying. Why me? I have found that children are more in the sense of early success, that these connections seem more acceptable, even normal. What could make this episode better and help me to work with children? I think this road wizened child has leaed that she would have to work for their achievements in martial arts? And maybe some others? But it may also be able to do so. He does not? We do not need a connection. I was able to do. And as simple as this sounds, there are many kids who were not there? I believe that they are able to do. This may seem normal for adults, or peers, but many young people feel a deep sense of failure of one or more areas of life. What a great challenge? And the opportunities? For those of us who work with them, both in the study of martial arts, class, church or civic institution, or across the table.