America's Promise
Why do we have thirteen-year-old mothers? Why do we have school shootings? Why do we have high school dropouts? Why are some of America's youth loosing hope and belief in themselves? Why aren't more of America's adults asking themselves these questions? People of every sector of American life should be more concerned with building the character and competence of our nation's youth by providing ongoing relationships with caring adults, safe places with structured activities during non-school hours, and marketable skills through effective education.First of all, we would not have attention starved teens, if more relationships with caring adults were available. Maybe there is not a lot we can do for the older troubled teens of today, but America can learn for her mistakes, and apply the lessons learned toward our future. Starting today, each and every abled adult or older teen should begin building true friendships with the unfriended. If there was someone how really cared, not just pretended that they cared, one would be more motivated to succeed, because of
the fear of disappointment. Looking back on my childhood, I can observe and differentiate my peers whose parent, or other caretaker, cared about their schoolwork, and those who's didn't. In the long run, the children who had someone at home to make sure they were quizzed over that first grade spelling list, are doing outstandingly better in high school than those who's guardians never even knew about the test. Not only are the grown-up first graders doing great with their schoolwork, but they are also very motivated about their future after high school. Next, there should be more safe places with structured activities during non-school hours. Sure it's the law that every youth are in school, but is anybody concerned with where they go from there? Maybe they're not athletically inclined, or are just too young to even attend a sport practice, but we must keep these children involved in activities that can make them feel a since of accomplishment. I was driving through the little back roads of Marshall just the other day, and could not help but notice the astounding number of youn
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