Congratulations to the 88 Pekin High School students who were honored on Friday morning as Illinois State Scholars and Prairie State Scholars.
What I don’t understand is why the Pekin Times article had to demean adolescents in general at the same time it was congratulating these particular students:
Rare as it is to find a sizable group of well-dressed and well-behaved teenagers all in one place, that was exactly the scene at Pekin Community High School’s pep rally on Friday morning.
Note to the Times - the majority of adolescents aren’t slovenly juvenile delinquents. These students in particular deserve a little more respect.
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Michael Davis
// Apr 21, 2008 at 11:08 am
I can’t agree with you more. Thanks to the television and the media in general, today’s generation gets a generalized bad rep. We are often portrayed as walking around with our clothes too big, our skin too tattooed, our bodies too pierced, and our minds too destructive and filled with illegal thoughts.
As a part of the current generation myself, I find it a bit disturbing. There are plenty of us who work hard, get good grades, have college degrees in a plethora of fields, and who respect those around us and earn the trust and respect of those around us. But, since we don’t gun down someone or post a video of ourselves nude on YouTube, the media won’t tell our stories or sing our praises.
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