During school hours, for obvious reasons children are supposed to be in their classrooms. Here is a true story about two young people who weren't, and what happened to them. Some details have been left deliberately vague, though.
A young boyfriend and girlfirend we spotted on the Q P Soccer Field area during school hours. As they were in uniform, that particular institution in the area was telephoned and asked to send someone to come and collect them. Unfortunately, there were no available teachers (it's the Mock Matric Exam time of the year). So the SAP were called to do the job. They must have been busy because they only arrived much later, after the kids had left.
For the next couple of weeks, these two were spotted frequently on the Soccer Field during school hours. Similar phone calls to the various authorities yielded no results. The last straw was when they two were spotted on the field, making love in the open.
As fortune would have it, a local Community Improvement District official happened to drive up to enjoy a well-earned lunch break at the Soccer Field. He was appraised of the situation and collected the two kids (they were both 15 years of age) and delivered them to the police. The parents were duly informed.
One can only hope that the parents, on collecting their kids, delivered lectures on the vital need to be at school at this stage of their education, the appropriate kinds of relationship for their age, as well as the potential hazards of STD's!
They've not been seen since, and it's hoped that they are both back at school.
The point of this story is that, once again, the community intervened and, who knows, maybe even saved those kids lives in the long run.
