Sat two teenagers down in front of the tv to watch "The Edge". Their comment was "This is kinda like Jurassic Park", to which I replied "Yes, but that is a real bear doing what real bears would do. After that, the room got quiet as they finished the movie. Then I asked them what they thought of the confrontations with the bear. They asked if that sort of thing would really happen. "Yes, it happens often." Long contemplative silence, then "That's a big bear, if it were me, I would just run faster". "Bears can outrun horses" I said. More silence, then "I would take a big gun with me" they decided. "They had a big gun in the plane" says I. More silence, then a shrug. Nice to see the expression from young minds who's little wheels and gears are spinning and whirring inside their noggins.

Other comments included "can you really do that with a needle?" (make a compass), "which side of a tree does moss grow on?", "you can eat a squirrel?", etc.

It is up to us to sow the seeds, to change the focus, to show them what is important. Even the cinema can be used as a positive tool.