May – June 2010 Issue

These are letters we received about stories that appeared in the March – April 2010 issue of L.A. Youth.

Seventeen-year-old Leslie’s family bought their chickens for the eggs, but they became part of her family.

Essay contest winners say they already are, the court will decide and they’re in no rush to grow up.

Jacky, 17, says that you don’t have to bump and grind to have fun on the dance floor.

L.A. Youth writers review Lady Gaga, Death Cab for Cutie and Passion Pit.

With so much conflicting information out there, Kiera, 16, realized she had to do her own research to figure out what she thought of the health care reform.

Adrian’s school can no longer afford to give him and his classmates extra career and college guidance.

They’re shortening the school year By Ashley Hansack, 17, King Drew Medical Magnet HS When I heard that LAUSD was

Going to a school where everyone seems similar taught Casey, 18, that it’s also about people with different experiences.

People think race is what makes people different from each other, but I have learned that it’s not race. It’s their experiences that make them different. At an expensive private school it is understandable that most people will come from wealthier families, but I wish more could be done to create a student body with families of different income levels, who live in different parts of the city.

L.A. Youth asked several of its staff members to tell us about the diversity (of lack of it) at their