Figure 2.--These three highschool boys are having a snack on their way home after their last class in the afternoon.
|
Figure 2.--These three highschool boys are having a snack on their way home after their last class in the afternoon. |
The most common way of getting to school in New Zealand is walking. This is certainly true of primary children. New Zealand is beecoming increasingly urbannized. Most children now live in cities or small towns and live withn walking distance of their schools. This is a little less true of secondary schools, but still quite common. Crossing guards ensure saftey. The crossing guards or "lollipop warriors" become friendly faces to the many children walking to school.
Every morning as I pass they are on guard, these fearless warriors of the week-day morning. Armed with an orange spear and a sash of pride.
As I pass they wait, eyes winced with concentration, four-wheeled, six-cylinder demon set to crash through one of their unsuspecting travellers (at the blink of an eye) Every morning the Lollipop Warriors see then friends across the vicious frenzy of early morning traffic and get them safely to school.
Kelly Horgan, Lymphad, Cashmere High School, 1993
