The document contains four short paragraphs about an 82-year-old woman who confronted an escaped convict sitting in her chair, a juvenile court judge who wants to hold parents accountable for rising juvenile crime rates, the ironic words on the door of a student who killed another student, and a woman who is no longer laughing about the "mother's curse" her own mother gave her now that she has children of her own who act like she did.
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1. ``I was furious that that disreputable young man had the audacity to sit in my antique rosewood chair.'' That's how tiny, 82-year-old Louise Freeland today described her brush with a gun-toting escaped convict whom she talked into surrendering to Sheriff's officers.
2. "I'd like to jail parents themselves who are so lax their kids are boosting the crime rate!" This statement came from Juvenile Court Judge Warren Jones, in releasing a report on the rapid rise in juvenile crime rate in this city.
3. "Peace unto those who enter here." These are the words seen on the door of John David's room. The irony is that David gave eternal peace to Navukarasu, a fresher.
4. When I was a child, I was given the "mother's curse" by my mom. Oh, it is not anything mean or evil. She just said, "When you have children, they will act just like you." I laughed. Well, now that I have children of my own, I am not laughing anymore. The "mother's curse" really works!