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05.30.08, 18:34 PM General Topics
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Overheard the saddest conversation today sitting in a coffee shop with dcs (across from a local high school). 3 high school kids were talking about life after graduation, their families etc. They were so articulate, funny, and insightful. One girl talked about how her parents (each on their 3rd marriage) fight all the time with their spouses about "ridiculous shit," and how she'll never be that way etc. Then a boy asked the others, "Seriously, what do you think you're going to do after graduation? There's nothing I can do, really. I would have joined the Air Force, but I didn't make it. I could become a cop, but they're thug. I could try to make money fighting, but I want something better for myself. My parents won't let me stay with them - what am I going to do?" [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:34 PM Flag
 

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where was this? It sounds awful [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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Chicago, Roscoe Village (Lane Tech high school). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:38 PM Flag
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i'd call the guidance counselor [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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Are you for real? WTF can the guidance counselor do about the limited life options of those young people? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:39 PM Flag
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I was wondering the same thing. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:41 PM Flag
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People are so naive. This is how the lower class rejuvenates itself, young people like those [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:43 PM Flag
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tell themwhere to look for jobs [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:42 PM Flag
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Were they black? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:43 PM Flag
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No, one girl was caucasian, one girl was latina, and the boy was hispanic/latino. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:44 PM Flag
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Because if they were Black, it would mean....? [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:46 PM Flag
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Nothing, I was just recalling that once on UB someone got yelled at for saying someone who happened to be black was articulate...I am going off on tangents.. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 05.30.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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