STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ON THEIR FUTURE
You seem to feel that overall, your life will be better
than your parents' lives. Why do you feel that way?
"I feel that way because my parents stay at work too much and they don't have time
to spend with us and I'm getting a better education now since the schools have devel-
oped better then awhile ago." (7th grade boy)
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"Because I want to go to college and both of my parents didn't go to college and also,
I'm going to try and plan out my life as far as getting married and having kids."
(7th grade girl)
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"Because my parents messed up. They dropped out of school and that hurt them a
lot." (7th grade girl)
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"Now, there are more job opportunities, and also a better option. Also because tech-
nology has developed way more." (7th grade girl)
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"Because, since the advancement of computers, there are many more jobs out there
for the working man. I am very skilled in computers." (8th grade boy)
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"Because they went to college for a year and a half, and I plan on going to college for
a long time. I will have more job opportunities and make more money." (8th grade boy)
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"Because, the world is changing for the better. And because it will be my life and I
will make decisions for ME. I want to be at the head and make life better for myself
and those around me." (8th grade boy)
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"Because there are more opportunities out there now then back then."
(8th grade boy)
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"There is more technology now then there was back then and more jobs available
with the technology." (8th grade girl)
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"I believe that I have learned from my parent's mistakes and will have different things
important to me. Furthermore, my parents did not have many of the opportunities
that will be available to me." (8th grade girl)
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"Because my parents married early, I was born when they were very young. I am
planning my future whereas my parents did not." (9th grade boy)
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"Because times change, and I am living in an easier time to live in." (9th grade boy)
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