I'm sure the familiar phrase "you learn something new every day" could have been coined just for youth workers.
You see, unlike our colleagues in formal education, our curriculum focuses on what young people want to learn, when they want to learn it. And as experienced practitioners know, whenever you let young people set the learning agenda, you never quite know where it will take you.
When one group of young men I'm working with wanted to do some work on male grooming, I headed straight for the internet. I may use an exfoliating face wash and pack a lip balm, but I'm no grooming expert.
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