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following the riots, a resident of Tottenham supports integrated schools and communities need to be developed

took two hours, maybe four, the first people to start saying, blaming "lack of discipline in schools these days" by the recent riots in London and to other cities. Simplification predictable.

is front-line workers such as teachers in urban areas who really understand these young people and have an idea of ??what to do. We are the ones who, day after day, working with poor families, building relationships with them. From this we know that most families are good, most families are honest and most families aspire to better, but we also know that many have a very difficult life.

is clear to us that many young people in such situations inherent to increase with the anger, hatred, resentment and a feeling that the world is against them with a profound lack of self-esteem . These are the environment caused by mental health problems on a massive scale. Age children of the child may show symptoms.

If a person suffers from this lack of self respect, why have no respect for authority or the community? It is easy to believe that greater work discipline, if you are afraid of exclusion.

So what should you do? Above all, there must be an end to the marginalization of the poorest communities and schools within them. Live only with people who have the same problems caused by the collective anger and mutual resentment rich - just live only with people who are as good as this causes an underestimation of their own collective privileges, and mutual negative assumptions of the poor. Truly integrated schools and communities must be developed so that people can begin to understand each other.

private education in primary schools for people of poor performance must be returned and will run in high school, which is essential to build self-esteem. Youth Services should be expanded, not cut. And young people should be encouraged to stay in education or training until they are at work, and until they have developed their self-esteem and a positive vision of their future.

Until we deal with the complexity and people's lives are changed for the better, providing the next generation grows up in an environment different from their parents, riots, we saw can not not be completely avoided. Less fractured society and a better understanding of how to help vulnerable young people, not teachers discipline is what the demonstrators must know that now.