MAILBAG: Today's youth need to learn respect for one another's work

By Pat Hicks, Prairie du Sac

It's very disheartening, the blatant attitude in many of the young and how so many parents believe their child can do no wrong.

The youth have become more disrespectful, brazen, take less accountability and feel no shame in destruction of property.

I recently helped a Boy Scout working on his Eagle project that entailed the laying of concrete slabs for the frisbee golf course at Marion Park, which is for the benefit of the community.

A worker noticed a couple of teenage girls walking away from a slab we had finished. So he walked over and noticed two handprints. I could not believe the audacity of these girls. We were able to smooth out the handprints, but we weren't able to stand guard all night and to our dismay five of the nine slabs had been tampered with.

These Eagle projects are not free nor are they easy to undertake. It takes time to plan, raise funds, and then do the actual work. It was quite anguishing to come back and see it spoiled.

So whoever left the "AG" initials, handprints, and swastika emblem; yes, those will be there for the life of those slabs and you can brag about it.

Just remember that in the future if your work is deliberately damaged, you don't have much to complain about.