This is america...this is adolescence

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01del00This is High School This is Adolescence02del02br
00This is High School. June 3: A group of seniors 02br
00force some freshman to dive, 02br
00into the mud at the soccer field. 02br
00This is High School. June 3: Teachers see the workers of the 02br
00future: 02br
00studied doctors, skilled engineers, critical lawyers 02br
00hard- 02br
00worn faces, blistered hands bleeding with the effort 02br
00of over work, 02br
00Tired fathers, worried mothers scarcely making 02br
00ends meet, 02br
00Working endlessly to fill the dwindling social security bank. 02br
00This is High School. June 3: Boy expelled for 02br
00selling pot to some girls, identity unknown, 02br
00a mystery that will never be revealed, 02br
00shrouded in the conscious silence of the seller 02br
00This is High School. June 3: Wicked tongues 02br
00Gash the reputation of a sophomore girl 02br
00In their class, a mere amusement. 02br
00This is High School. June 3: A girl struggles with 02br
00anorexia, teased for being fat. 02br
00This is High School. June 3: a normal day, a day like today, 02br
00when a boy contemplates 02br
00suicide, in his house 02br
00broken with divorce. This is High School. 02br
00A girl tells her boyfriend she’s pregnant. 02br
00This is High School. This is a day in High School. 02br
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00And this is a Lesson in Life. 02br
00Let us cherish our friends, 02br
00The ones who will help 02br
00Us to escape the terror 02br
00With a shred of dignity, 02br
00Emerging into adulthood unscathed 02br
00Escape the date rape of our generation, 02br
00Kids elsewhere falling into pressure 02br
00Jumping bridges, taking too many drinks 02br
00Coaches pushing kids too far 02br
00Their bodies perspiring, welcoming dehydration, 02br
00Short of breath and puking running for their lives and from them, 02br
00Searching for an escape, a way to get better, 02br
00Swallowing a single pill, 02br
00Sealing their fate 02br
00Mood swings, bursts of rage, frustration 02br
00And who sees their pain? 02br
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00This is High School and This is Adolescence. 02br
00This is the madness. 02br
00This is what needs to be seen. 02br
00The way young adults, are really not at all 02br
00But kids operating adult bodies 02br
00Who face the hardest test of all, 02br
00And too often are forced 02br
00To face that test alone. 0-