Teen Speech

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“Adolescents get a bad rap today, but many are choosing an unfamiliar route: Doing good,” says an article called ‘Teens Get Real.’ That statement is very true. Good deeds are happening all around, and plenty of them are being conducted by teenagers. For this speech, I’m going to be writing about the Class of 2007 at Granby High School, and also, the Class of 2007 at Chicopee Comp High School.
On December 26, the Asia-Pacific region was hit with a massive earthquake, causing a tsunami. It killed over a quarter of a million people, and left more than five million people homeless, and in need of help. There have been many countries and organizations that have been trying to help. Water, food, supplies, money, clothes, children’s toys, etc., have been sent over seas to help the tsunami victims. It’s known that when money is raised through Red Cross and other organizations, not all of the money goes over to the relief that the money was raised for. These tsunami victims need as much as they can, their homes were destroyed, everything was. There’s hardly anything left. Here at Granby High School, the class officers of 2007 decided to have a fundraiser for the tsunami victims. There were cans and jars everywhere that you could possibly imagine. In each classroom, outside of the cafeteria, students would walk around with the jars, and mostly they received nickels, dimes, and quarters, although people did donate plenty of dollars, most of it was change. This school raised over $700 to send overseas to the tsunami victims. Every last penny went overseas. That’s something to be proud of, because we are all teenagers, in an extremely small school, and to raise so much money, in such a short amount of time, is a great accomplishment.
The article ‘A Loud Minority’ states that “While most kids are doing well, the exceptions often grab front-page news, and their stories are chilling: Teens are addicted to hard drugs and ex...