Teen Voices Blog
School Speech: Our Time to Start is Now
Chris, 17, Roxbury:
Some of us are almost done with high school others have four whole years before you. Today I mean to speak about how to apply ourselves to the time we have, be it one or four years, because in the wink of an eye, it will be graduation. A school builds a class of 2009 or 2012, and as that class progresses toward its commencement, students find their niches and fill their roles. Yet many of us never realize until it is too late how important these four years are. Many of us realize only too late that trying your hardest makes all the difference.
My Summer Job
I’ve been working at City hall this summer through the Summer Youth Employment Program. It’s where you get to apply for a job within the city, and if you get selected, you get a part-time summer job! I think it’s a pretty cool program and you get paid! It’s a 6 week program, and it’s a great experience.
The College Search
Chris, 17, Roxbury:
Over the past three months I have traveled across the Eastern Seaboard on my college searches. Each school visited preaches the differences they create academically and culturally over other schools; the programs they have are more fine tuned, the professors are of higher quality, the diversity of the school is broader.
