October 2010 Issue

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Kheri, 16, says it’s fun to be a cheerleader because she gets to pump up the crowd at football games.

• Be realistic. Don’t apply only to hard-to-get-into schools, even though applying to a couple won’t hurt you. Apply to

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Visiting schools made 16-year-old Yesenia’s dream seem more real.

When I was in middle school all I knew about college came from UCLA and USC posters I saw hanging on the wall. I thought college was where you automatically go right after high school, where you get something called a “degree,” and then got a job. I had no idea how expensive it would be and how many different universities there were. All I knew was that I had to go.

Between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, Aaron, 15, wanted to find out who would be best.

When a girl smoked marijuana she was more irresponsible and she started losing her friends.

Next month voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana in California. If it does become legal, anyone in the state

Our teen reviewers give thumbs up to Adam Lambert, Ratatat and Selena Gomez.

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