I think its ridiculous how everyone is taking so much money to build weapons to kill each other rather than using it usefully on schools, hospitals, etc. people are so tied up on war they are setting aside the important things. Besides harming and setting out to kill each other, they could be trying to help and benefit each other .. and/or US!

To have total control of a school system means to have total control of the future. The youth is the future, so there needs to be the utmost attention given to their education and their preparation for their futures.

The Future Generation (by Rose)

To have total control of a school system means to have total control of the future. The youth is the future, so there needs to be the utmost attention given to their education and their preparation for their futures.

Why We Fight

The amount of money that this country spends on the military industrial complex is astonishing. I never knew that that much money was spent on simply defense. Half of our budget to be exact. That takes so much away from schools, road construction, hospitals, etc.. I think the country doesn't have its priorities in check. How can there be a better future if there hasn't been any good preparation for it? It seems as though there will never be aby real progress with our country unless things change. On the up side though, because these videos are being created, people are begininng to take notice to whats going on..



-Ceristian

My Thoughts on Getting Played

The first chapter of Getting Played really threw me off from what I thought it would be.. I thought it was a story type of novel that would explore the different problems and situations teens go through today. As it turns out, the book was about the study that took place for the research on the topic. The information that the writer discovered could have been used in a different way to write a different type of book on it. Though I still found the information to be interesting and truthful, I would have better liked a book that could really hold my attention, hopefully the following chapters will grab my interest and attention a little better.




I also feel that many teens today would agree with the information that was found with this study. Many of us face these same conditions on the daily basis and are expected to just deal with it.. It would be completely our fault if we don't make it out.. Well the odds aren't exactly on our side. And this all comes from the older generation that has NOT been through these things.. They faced a different struggle than we do today.. How can we receive help from those who do not know what we face?






-Ceristian