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We’re not all bad They call it a “lockdown” at my school, and it consists of being locked in your classroom, waiting on the police to check your lockers and bags. When it’s all over, they bring K-9s in your room and check for drugs or whatever they’re looking for. This is all because some untrusting adult thinks they saw “weed” or something like it in one of my classmates’ back packs. We are teenagers, yes, but we’re not convicts. Not all of us do bad things. Some of us are nice, respectable kids who have manners and do good things. A lot of people look down on us and don’t trust us, but if they’d just give us a chance, they’d see that we’re just as capable as any grown-up would be. I’m almost 18 years old, and getting a job has been such a pain in the neck. They either don’t like that I’m a teenager, or they don’t like the teenager attitude that we’re all expected to have. I have my days, but all in all, I act pretty decent. I love being a teenager, but sometimes I wish some of them would just grow up. Kim Wilson |
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