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By HOWARD MOZEL Oakyville Beaver Staff ow do you solve the paradox c that the most intelligent and dvanced generation in the â€" history of mankind is also the most selfâ€"destructive? That was the grim question posed recently as exâ€"convict Serge Leclere brought his hardâ€"bitten brand of straight talk to students of St. Ignatius of Loyola High School. Although his answer veered dangerously toward a widespread conspiracy designed with only the destruction of young people in mind, Leclerc‘s bottom line soluâ€" tion was basically selfâ€"respect. "You are created excellent. Life is not about choices that make you excellent but about choices that keep you excellent," said the former alcoâ€" holic, drug user/pusher and 21â€"year guest of the Canadian penal system. Leclerc â€" who has spoken to some halfâ€"million students across the counâ€" try â€" made it clear from the start he meant business. A product of rape, he outlined his troubled childhood and even more turbulent adolescence (he stabbed a training school staffer with the center prong of a pitchfork) to set the stage for his frank yet often funny discourse. "I speak from a perspective with very little tolerance for grey areas," said Leclerc, who cleaned up his act and earned a BA. "I will speak to you from an academic point of view ... don‘t let the tattoos fool you." Leclerc first complimented his audience on being part of the most biologically and genetically advanced generation of all time then launched into a litany of teenâ€"related terrors that seemingly contradicted everything he said. Youths today are part of the hardâ€" est drinking generation, teen assault is up 102% in nine years, suicide is a leading killer, date rape and unwanted pregnancies are way up and violence means little if anything at all. According to Leclere there are two root sources for all this: his generation and mass media. 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