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What do you feel is the one largest problem facing

today's youth and why?

-Apathy. No one cares that no one -Drugs and gangs. The world's
cares. morals are useless.

-Communicating with each other. -Cliques. Too many kids are

insecure and have to do what every Senior Class Officers
-Parental concern over unimpor­ Linda Ash, Brad Dowd, Patrick Wolfe, Chris Sandquist
one else is doing. They can't do
tant issues rather than the impor­ anything by themselves.
tant ones.
-The destruction of the environment.
-Drugs. Not enough youth respect
-Our education; we're falling or like themselves enough. Many of the effects are irreversible.
behind.
-Drugs, because nobody is afraid of them
-Drugs and teenage pregnancy
-Lack of interest in education. because it happens too much. anymore.

-Gangs. Too many people are dying.
-Not getting involved; the youth -Their own lack of self-motivation.
don't know what's going on.
-Drugs and pressure to succeed academi­
-Suicide. So many people are trying
-The world's morals are too loose. it. cally.

-Drugs and alcohol, because they effect
-Money and jobs in the future -The feeling of indifference toward
because there is so much pressure. each other and self pride. people the rest of their lives.

-Too much competition for a good job.
-Drugs. They don't realize how -Drugs. You don't need to explain.
bad they are for them.

Where will you be 10 years after graduation? Twenty years?

-In 10 years, I'll be married to a rich -In 10 years, I'll be in the Peace Corps in -I'll be in a law firm in L.A. 10 years from
old man. In 20 years, I'll be wid­ Africa. Ten years later, I'll be in Wash­ graduation, and in the Senate 10 years
owed and rich. ington, D.C.-the first woman president of later.
the United States.
-In the next 10 and 20 years, I'll be -In 10 years, I will be drinking pop in a
playing soccer professionally in -In 10 years, I'll probably be in jail. In hot tub that I bought and in 20, I'll be
Italy. 20, hopefully on parole. writing an autobiography.

-In 10 years, I will be touring -In 10 years, I'll be on the police force, -I will always be at a party!
Europe with my band. In 20 years, and in 20, with the FBI.
I'll be retiring. -In 10 years, I will be in professional bas­
-In 10 years, I'll be just out of college. In ketball and in 20 years, I'll be in the Hall
-I guess I'll be at my 10 and 20 year 20, I'll have my own psychology practice of Fame.
class reunions. with two kids and a gorgeous husband.
-In 10 years, I'll be dead. In 20, I'll be
-In the next 10 and 20 years, I'll be -I will be in Hollywood in 10 years, and reincarnated.
in another city with the hugest after 20, I'll be an Academy-award-
career and married to the hugest winning actress and a Grammy-award- -I'll be an Olympic athlete in 10 years, and
guy. winning recording artist. coaching in 20.

- In 10 years I will be married with -In 10 years, I'll be in law school and in -In 10 years, I'll be someplace good, and in
two kids and writing my second 20 years, I'll be on the Supreme Court. 2 0 , 1 hope that I'm someplace better.
novel. In 20 years, I'll be writing
and traveling. -In 10 years I'll be working. In 20, I'll still
be working._________________________________
*The above responses are a sampling of student answers taken from 443 surveys.