Letters to the editor (November – December 2012)
These are letters we received about stories that appeared in the October 2012 issue of L.A. Youth.
November – December 2012 Issue
Nov. 13, 2012
Essay contest: Moral dilemma
Essay contest winners wrote about deciding whether to return a lost dog, drink at a party and lie to their parents.
CD reviews (November – December 2012)
Our staff writers recommend CDs by Fiona Apple, I Fight Dragons and Dinosaurs on Mars!
Should have known better
We asked our teen writers what they learned from times they weren’t prepared.
Pop star dreams
Sixteen-year-old Susie’s audition to become a Korean pop star was a disaster.
When we got there I saw at least 50 people already in line in the parking lot and felt my confidence dropping. They were all practicing. The singers filled the air with the sweetest voices I had ever heard. In the waiting room B-boys and B-girls were spinning and break-dancing so wildly that I wondered how a human could move that way.
Teens react to Barack Obama’s re-election
These Los Angeles teens were thrilled when Barack Obama won re-election against Republican Mitt Romney and they share their hopes for his second term.