Dear Editor,
I am very concerned about an apparently (relatively) new trend re school sports in Guyana where a sound system is hired to play music. Here are some observations and resultant concerns:-

1.    Why is there a need for music at school sports? It is not a fete and the athletes do not need music to run, jump or throw.

2.    Invariably the music is inappropriate to a school-age crowd and I heard very lewd music played at three school sports held at the Eve Leary Ground between Monday, September 28th and October 2nd 2009.

What is worse on Friday, October 2nd 2009 there was a group of young ladies “dancing” a choreographed piece to (you guessed) inappropriate school-age music and was horrified to see this “dance” end with two of the “dancers” gyrating horizontally to the ground to the loud cheers of all present.

Even if the students are misguided enough to request the music, are there not mature sensible-thinking adults guiding them as to what is a morally accepted “norm”. This is the second letter I feel compelled to write on this matter. I hope the relevant education administrators re-examine this practice and good sense will prevail.

I am no prude but as adults we need to guide and protect our youngsters. They are exposed to so many negatives and have some difficult social choices to make but they can only do so correctly if we provide appropriate guidance. Too often we see high school couples in uniform hugging-up walking down the road and when an adult tries to correct them they are either downright rude or ignore you.

So I urge the teachers, parents, mentors, guardians, older relatives to guide our youngsters as they are the leaders of our senior years and our country is doomed if the current descent to immorality continues (and unfortunately many adults provide poor examples).  Please help our children.

Yours faithfully,
P. Alexander