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college or looser {#17}

Parents can threaten students with "go college or get kicked out" {#62}

defininetly... {#64}

There seems to be an image of what an acceptable teen is, and this image unfortunatly doesn't work very well with individual charactoristics and needs. {#66}

This dilemma will never be solved, as long as students are encouraged to achieve their highest potential. {#68}

There is only so much one person can do {#71}

many people, parents espcially take college to be the #1 priority in life for their kids, while it may not be the path their kids want to take {#73}

I WILL SUCCEED {#75}

College is percieved to be such an important event in a teens lif when in all reality many succesful people never attende college. {#82}

There i feel is more of a pressure from peers on college than from adults. Kids feel that they can say that they are better people if they are going to a better college. {#84}

Uncontoled anger expressed in violence {#70}

I think this, if a preoblem, is a result of other underlieing emotional issues {#72}

People begin to connect violence with certain groups of people. Accusation by association {#74}

I agree that many teens in the SR area are largely sheltered about the issues of youth violence. {#77}

We need people who we can talk to before we commit acts of violence so it doesn't get that far {#81}

violence is used as a "problem solver" too often {#92}

many people use scapegoats as a cause for violence, such as the media, or music {#97}

Teen violence is among one of the biggest problems. It is supposed to give kids some kind of social status in hopes of gaing respect from other peers {#101}

Friends change and mess up thier lives as you sit and watch them go by {#76}

well, kinda self-explanitory- definatly prevlant and taken too casually {#79}

drugs are bad and I don't know why people do them {#80}

too much money to spend on drugs in this area {#83}

There needs to be other ways out for kids who are using or who are thinking about it {#87}

People in the san ramoan area tend to be wealthy, parents often feelthat providing their child with money is taking care of them... {#90}

It seems as though drug resistance programs, like DARE, focus too much on educating students ABOUT drugs, not about the consequences of their use. {#91}

everyone knows drugs will screw up your life...but why are so many people still doing it? {#93}

binge drinking has become a wide spread trend in the valley {#100}

some people actually do drugs or drink for the image {#106}

the problem isn't the drugs or the drinking it's the fact that it is accepted as a normalicy that is what is really going on. {#116}

our generation has had more studies and reports and attention on it than any other before, and this has caused a sort of opposite attitude in teens {#89}

No one knows so no one cares {#94}

people don't care as a form of rebelion- a reaction to the stress and feelings of isolation {#96}

apathy contributes to the reason why problems aren't being solved {#104}

I don't believe that apathy is such as problem as the opposite extreme; students are over-exerting themselves. {#105}

People who don't care about issues among teens in our area are contributing to the problem by not helping {#107}

teens in this area haven't really been brought up to worry anybody but themselves. {#112}

every state may not have "blackhawk" but there is a community just like it in each state, and that is a guarantee {#95}

it is really hard to stay in touch with people and make friends in this self centered society {#103}

i think this can apply on a personal level as well.... too much interest in the results of our activities and not really on individual needs, ideas, and issues {#110}

Danville and san ramon are kinda like a bubble {#115}

Isolation does not necessarily imply elitism of any sort. I feel that isolation results from being sheltered from the diverse ideas and viewpoints of the surrounding world. {#121}

it is almost impossibe to be a great student and keep up with a social life. {#123}

to many people feel that they have nowhere to go based off the fact the they don't know enough about the community. {#127}

racial discrimination {#10}

ethnic discrimination {#11}

discrimination against the youth specifically in the San Ramon Valley {#27}

religious differences {#12}

STAND BABY!! {#102}

it is too easy to stereotype someone into becoming a bad person {#114}

people who seem different, are sometimes rejected {#119}

it's easier to judge and exclude and have a closed mind than to accept, listen, and realize there's more than one way of doing things {#125}

People should not TOLERATE people out of some ethical obligation. Rather, they should ACCEPT and EMBRACE the differences of others. {#134}

nobody has tought them how to tolerate and that everybody really is equal! {#137}

some of my very best friends are people that i started off hating , not cause of the way they look just cause i didn't know them {#150}

Yeah , people become cool for doing illegl things {#49}

i think this issue, although valid, is something that is unavoidable in high school. Kids are always going to drink and do things that aren't exactly law-abiding. This is not unique to our generation... {#108}

peole think it is cool when a person does something wrong, and that just shouldn't be {#109}

people are considered "popular" if they do illegal things such as drink {#118}

Teens aren't so often wrongly praised by adults, but by their peers, who are desperate to validate their own wrong actions. {#153}

Halloran {#158}

not enough awareness {#34}

people, especially in the san ramon valley, are not aware of what goes on in the rest of the country, much less the world. we are shut in by our gates and developments. {#38}

open eyes but closed mouths {#44}

lack of education {#48}

We need to make sure people are aware of the issues {#117}

sure there are a lot of people that don't know what is going on around in the world, but I think that we aren't giving ourselves enough credit here, I personally know everything!!! {#120}

I can't stand ignorance. {#122}

this isn't ignorane in the area of education so much as what we, as teens, are capable of doing, and that we are letting apathetic mindsets stop us from accepting people and changing, or at least influencing, the world around us {#144}

teens haven't takn the time to accept and learn about others and that difference is really a good thing. {#152}

you have no idea what it is that your missing if you never take the time to try. {#164}

"ignorance is the most violent element in society"

Cool Bumpersticker {#168}

Teens have an important voice in this nation. The younger faction is vastly underrepresented in political and social affairs. If teens would become educated on the issues, perhaps they would become better able to change the world around them. After all, we are the next generation. We don't want a group of 40-year-olds deciding our future. {#174}

Contributes to a larger welfare community and goverment dependance {#88}

pressure to have sex is a lot of the problem {#124}

it is really sad when little girls have babies, but even if they arepregnant, abortions are bad and it is baby killing!!! give the babies up for adoption if you don't want the responsibility of raising it {#131}

we need to spearhead this as quickly as possible. the answer is not telling kids that they shoulden't have sex. the answer is making the contraceptives needed available. also raise awarness is a very real manner. {#138}

i agree with person above {#149}

i think that, if we are in an area that is pro-choice, we should let that be and not attempt to cause even more of a guilt-complex on teen girls going through an abortion by stereotyping them and verbalizing our dissaproval {#163}

people i feel dont think about the baby as much as they think of how having it or not having it will effect them and that bases their decision. {#178}

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i dont have that much money to spend for gas so im concidered stinngy {#99}

It soooooooooo sucks!!!!!! {#128}

the price of gas is absured... thirty dollars down the drain every week!!! {#129}

it would stink if I had to pay for my own gas {#136}

isane {#166}

This is a tragedy. Enough said. {#180}

it's not fair to the rest of us who are sober {#132}

if you drink and drive, you are just asking to get in an accident {#135}

don't drink and drive, it is as easy as that {#139}

it really isn't that easy. teens think it is worth taking the chance as long as they won't be cought. {#167}

well, i think it's less of an issue now that ever before.... not sure though {#170}

i have friends that are in jail for smoking a joint. i know a man who hit a lady driving and is in rehab now. you tell me whats wrong with this picture. {#179}

emphasis on teen popularity {#31}

Peer acceptance {#3}

being accepted {#2}

unwillingness to assert one's personal identity in the face of societal norms {#22}

I think that people need to learn to think and act for themselves {#130}

People don't understand that everyone can't just fit in {#140}

wow, where to begin on this one....... drinking, drugs, etc..... the list goes on {#177}

Social pressures tragically put a damper on teens' willingness to express themselves. {#182}

Sterotyping is so evil. sure, we all do it to some extent, but some people get carried away {#141}

we are all different people {#145}

what does faction mean? we aren't all different people and a lot of those stereotypes are usually true, becaus they had to come from somewhere {#157}

A faction is a group of people with something in common. {#186}

Often, teens are forced to prove their competence to an adult society which is unwilling to listen. The "teen years" are just as much a time of growth for parents as it is for the teens, themselves. {#190}

too many responsibilities can overload a person {#142}

ARGH!!!! Stress is bad...very very bad {#146}

stress is very common among teens and it really comes from all directions. {#173}

stress contributes to several factors such as depression {#181}

a result of all of the others {#183}

This problem will never be solved. It's a part of high school life. {#192}

what is this too much free time, I wish I had free time {#159}

everybody, not just teens, are more tired these days. The problem is that there IS too much pressure to succeed. People should try to step back and rethink what is more valuable to spend their time on. Less work, more play?? {#133}

Sleeeeeeeeep?!?!?! {#156}

SCHOOL SHOULD START LATER IN THE DAY SO THAT WE CAN SLEEP IN A LITTLE BIT, I BET YOU MONEY THAT TEST SCORES WOULD SKY ROCKET IF WE STARTED EVEN AN HOUR LATER {#171}

what is this sleep you talk of??? {#184}

This issue cannot be resolved as long as kids are encouraged to try their best. {#194}

1/2 the time we are thought to be irresponsible and the other 1/2 we are expected to take adult resonsability... confusing {#20}

lack of adults that trust teens and trustable adults {#28}

people must learn to be patient and open to all differences. Especially in the San Ramon Valley, we are growing rapidly. {#78}

Two words: My Parents. {#160}

respect eachother people, please {#185}

This results from social acceptance/tolerance to disrespectful speech. {#196}

APATHY... {#162}

people just don't care and thats because they don't need to care because their parents take care of them {#187}

we know what we are presented with and nothing more..... the blind that has been pulled over our eyes by our superiors is the only world we can see... and we accept it!! {#188}

Parent, stress, teacher, homework enduced {#40}

Depression can add to many of the other items on this list {#172}

this is hard to pin down a cause on {#191}

often people go around, waiting for an exuse to get angry. This can lead to miscommunication, because they don't actually think about the nature of certain comments. They get angry over nothing. {#147}

People have trouble expressing what they think/feel {#176}

see one thing, hear another {#195}

WE ARE NOT A STATISTIC!!! {#197}

yes, but what about those going to trade school? {#161}

hmmmm........ i dunno {#198}

i dunno....hummmm {#154}

parental abuse and kids keeping quiet {#199}

it is not just too urbanized, it is too concerned about ourselves in our own environment. People forget to go out and enjoy the rest of the world, be it tahoe or a foreign area. We need to think more globally {#175}

i agree {#165}

people take what they have for granted, but keep wanting more {#193}

hey, this laptop is pretty cool {#200}

not enough awareness {#34}

people, especially in the san ramon valley, are not aware of what goes on in the rest of the country, much less the world. we are shut in by our gates and developments. {#38}

open eyes but closed mouths {#44}

lack of education {#48}

We need to make sure people are aware of the issues {#117}

sure there are a lot of people that don't know what is going on around in the world, but I think that we aren't giving ourselves enough credit here, I personally know everything!!! {#120}

I can't stand ignorance. {#122}

this isn't ignorane in the area of education so much as what we, as teens, are capable of doing, and that we are letting apathetic mindsets stop us from accepting people and changing, or at least influencing, the world around us {#144}

teens haven't takn the time to accept and learn about others and that difference is really a good thing. {#152}

you have no idea what it is that your missing if you never take the time to try. {#164}

"ignorance is the most violent element in society"

Cool Bumpersticker {#168}

Teens have an important voice in this nation. The younger faction is vastly underrepresented in political and social affairs. If teens would become educated on the issues, perhaps they would become better able to change the world around them. After all, we are the next generation. We don't want a group of 40-year-olds deciding our future. {#174}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: lack of education in tolerance of parents {#202}

Cause: no desire to change {#203}

Cause: people just don't want to take the time to learn about the world. Therefore, they make ineducated judgements {#209}

Cause: Teens are not interested in heightening their awareness. We live in a nation hat supports knowledge and freedom of the press. Information about issues is right at the fingertips of young people, and yet they do not choose to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity. Teens are ignorant because they allow themselves to be. {#215}

Cause: ignorance is caused when a person accepts a false as a truth. we need to start making people aware of the truths and stop ignoring the fact that "the truth is out there." {#221}

Solution: Work to promote understanding and education of differences. {#204}

Solution:we should set up classes or seminars to inform people about important issues {#205}

Solution: for everyone to open their eyes and not be dumb {#206}

Solution: more experience with different people {#207}

Solution: There needs to be a voice in the community that promoted safety and security {#210}

Solution: we need to spread awareness and spread the idea of openness {#211}

Solution: I feel that a solution to this could be as simple as having it be so that there are more activities for people of all age to gather together and talk. That could be done with things such as educational fairs and things such as that. More trips with peers that are in school as oppesed to only being in schoolclassrooms and the same boaring things, where there is little room for interaction. {#226}

getting into college {#16}

college or looser {#17}

Parents can threaten students with "go college or get kicked out" {#62}

defininetly... {#64}

There seems to be an image of what an acceptable teen is, and this image unfortunatly doesn't work very well with individual charactoristics and needs. {#66}

This dilemma will never be solved, as long as students are encouraged to achieve their highest potential. {#68}

There is only so much one person can do {#71}

many people, parents espcially take college to be the #1 priority in life for their kids, while it may not be the path their kids want to take {#73}

I WILL SUCCEED {#75}

College is percieved to be such an important event in a teens lif when in all reality many succesful people never attende college. {#82}

There i feel is more of a pressure from peers on college than from adults. Kids feel that they can say that they are better people if they are going to a better college. {#84}

parent's high expectations {#208}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: my parents like to pressure me, so if you want to be pressured to succeed in life, come on over to my house and I'm sure my parents would love to lecture you. {#213}

Cause: teachers, parents, peers, media, ourselves {#220}

Cause: The students who experience the most intense pressure bring the pressure upon themselves. {#227}

Cause: expectations as a whole have risen, and so in order to succeed just a little, it requires huge amounts of effort. {#228}

Solution:find a way to help people figure out what their goals are and only push them to succeed on those goals {#216}

Solution: Teach parents that suceeding is not the most important thing. (Classes, seminars) {#217}

Solution: be more understanding of individuals that don't know where they want to go or what they want to do {#212}

Solution: This sems to be a major complaint by students and teens. But I look at it as a personal issue. {#232}

Solution: let out more information to children that there are different jobs for different people as well as different learning techniques that sepperate people just not in a bad way, also to show the importance of the regular Joe jobs. {#245}

life sucks i guess {#284}

why should I care?? {#85}

our generation has had more studies and reports and attention on it than any other before, and this has caused a sort of opposite attitude in teens {#89}

No one knows so no one cares {#94}

people don't care as a form of rebelion- a reaction to the stress and feelings of isolation {#96}

apathy contributes to the reason why problems aren't being solved {#104}

I don't believe that apathy is such as problem as the opposite extreme; students are over-exerting themselves. {#105}

People who don't care about issues among teens in our area are contributing to the problem by not helping {#107}

teens in this area haven't really been brought up to worry anybody but themselves. {#112}

not knowing enough to care {#218}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: nobody cared enough to teach them to care {#224}

Cause: peope just don't care

Solution: well there isn't really one, people just need to find out for themselves that they should care {#225}

Solution: Find ways to get people to care about others {#219}

Solution: Teens need a reason to get up off their butts and create an active lifestyle for themselves. This encouragement should stem from parents, teachers, and other mentors. {#237}

Solution: we need to teach people about openness, and the affects of their indifference on current issues {#238}

Solutions: encouraging people to get more involved {#241}

Solution: start by looking at yourself. By being compassionate about others, it will create a ripple effect. {#247}

people here think that they will be taken care of for the rest of their lives. they haven't had to work for anyhting their entire lives. they complain and get what they want handed to them.

a good way to stop this is to show people exactly how lucky they are. show them that in many other places around the country the oly person in town with a beamer is the factory owner. {#256}

we need another viatnam..... it's a joke, come one {#283}

drug abuse {#5}

Friends change and mess up thier lives as you sit and watch them go by {#76}

well, kinda self-explanitory- definatly prevlant and taken too casually {#79}

drugs are bad and I don't know why people do them {#80}

too much money to spend on drugs in this area {#83}

There needs to be other ways out for kids who are using or who are thinking about it {#87}

People in the san ramoan area tend to be wealthy, parents often feelthat providing their child with money is taking care of them... {#90}

It seems as though drug resistance programs, like DARE, focus too much on educating students ABOUT drugs, not about the consequences of their use. {#91}

everyone knows drugs will screw up your life...but why are so many people still doing it? {#93}

binge drinking has become a wide spread trend in the valley {#100}

some people actually do drugs or drink for the image {#106}

the problem isn't the drugs or the drinking it's the fact that it is accepted as a normalicy that is what is really going on. {#116}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Solution:give teens other things to do {#223}

Cause: too much allowance money from mommy and daddy {#230}

Cause: well there are those people who are dumb and think that doing things such as smoking and drinking are cool

solution: people need to get smart and just not do those dumb things {#231}

Cause: So much avalibility {#234}

Solution: Have other avaible activitys {#239}

Solution: Eliminate the glamor associated with drugs. {#243}

Cause: the acceptance of it being normal for a person to have drugs {#250}

Solution: Educate!!! People never think about the long term effects of these substances. It may be fun for a while, but soon it gets old. {#255}

Cause: not that the drugs are the problem more or less the acceptance and tolerance that (rich) society more or less has given it. People are not hard enough on children or adults, not the judical side but the every day acceptance. {#263}

people steryotype abut everything. not all drugs are bad. most of them are. but as long as the user can still maintain a responsible life style they shouldent be shuned for making a personal descion. a way to stop this is to educate peple as to what to look for. make them realize for themselves that they are going down the tubes. thats the only way to get people to truly stop their use. {#270}

hmmmmmm...... i think there is too much attention on this issue i.e. "cold shoulder" when we were in 5th grade, and this causes a numbness to it and it's negative effects {#281}

Social clicks, barriers and gaps {#35}

emphasis on teen popularity {#31}

Peer acceptance {#3}

being accepted {#2}

unwillingness to assert one's personal identity in the face of societal norms {#22}

I think that people need to learn to think and act for themselves {#130}

People don't understand that everyone can't just fit in {#140}

wow, where to begin on this one....... drinking, drugs, etc..... the list goes on {#177}

Social pressures tragically put a damper on teens' willingness to express themselves. {#182}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: see pressure to succeed

solution: I don't think that this is necessary because without pressure, we wouldn't accomlish anything {#246}

Cause: everyone has to fit in and be accepted {#248}

Solution: teach acceptance and have acceptance {#249}

Solution: Parents must instill within their children a firm sense of identity and enough confidence to withstand the pressures of others. {#257}

Solution: teach students they should accept who they are, and not try to be someone else to fit in {#260}

Solution: show the importance of all the little jobs that everyonetendsto think arestupid or for people of less intelligence. {#271}

Cause: people feeling a need to control other people due to the instant confidnce and self-gratification recieved

Solution: look at being yourself and standing up for yourself in a new way- no more D>A>R>E> type stuff {#278}

lack of respect from elders {#41}

1/2 the time we are thought to be irresponsible and the other 1/2 we are expected to take adult resonsability... confusing {#20}

lack of adults that trust teens and trustable adults {#28}

people must learn to be patient and open to all differences. Especially in the San Ramon Valley, we are growing rapidly. {#78}

Two words: My Parents. {#160}

respect eachother people, please {#185}

This results from social acceptance/tolerance to disrespectful speech. {#196}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: people think the are better than other people {#254}

Cause: Society has become lackadaisical in its use of derogatory language. Over history, our treatment of others and what is socially acceptable has become more and more informal. {#264}

Cause: people are either full of themselves or totally self concious. other people like to be around the confidence and they respect that. {#265}

Solution: it relates to ignorance, because a lack of respect stems from lack of education. People are too self centered and don't want to take the time to really listen to others {#275}

Cause: i'm with #264 up there

Solution: lead by example is all i can think of {#276}

Contributes to alot of societys problem... too much emphasis on work and money, etc. and not being a normal person {#113}

too many responsibilities can overload a person {#142}

ARGH!!!! Stress is bad...very very bad {#146}

stress is very common among teens and it really comes from all directions. {#173}

stress contributes to several factors such as depression {#181}

a result of all of the others {#183}

This problem will never be solved. It's a part of high school life. {#192}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: Stress i often caused by most of the other things on this list. It also Causes some of the problems {#222}

Cause: too much to do

solution: cut back on things to do {#259}

Cause: Teens are more receptive than they are perceived to be. They listen to the expectations of their parents and from society. They are encouraged to strive for excellence, and over-exert themselves in the process. {#273}

Cause: The fact that people are to fixed on the ida that so much needs to be done in such a quick amount of time in order to keep up with technology when it really wouldnt hurt to slow the world down. That's okay. {#279}

Cause:life

Solution: deep breathes {#268}

Solution: give peopole ways to vent {#229}

Solution: a good way to force a decline in the level of stress is to have school start later. we would be more alert in the morning, we would be able to get things done. we would also eat breakfast not only the most important but most delicious meal of the day. {#277}

stereotypes- esp. homosexuality {#25}

Sterotyping is so evil. sure, we all do it to some extent, but some people get carried away {#141}

we are all different people {#145}

what does faction mean? we aren't all different people and a lot of those stereotypes are usually true, becaus they had to come from somewhere {#157}

A faction is a group of people with something in common. {#186}

Often, teens are forced to prove their competence to an adult society which is unwilling to listen. The "teen years" are just as much a time of growth for parents as it is for the teens, themselves. {#190}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: stereotypes are real and all around us {#262}

Cause: adults wanting to look at our generation and understand it with one statistic, one word, one "type" of people

Solution: speak out i guess.... i dunno, that's a toughie {#267}

Cause: When looking at the teen faction, adults see things that they don't understand. Consequently, they concoct "definitions" of teenage behavior and end up blowing these "expert" opinions/diagnoses out of proportion. {#280}

Solution: Sadly, it appears that it will be a while before there can be any. People in this generation are very close minded {#235}

Solution: bring adults in to schools, hangouts, etc. to show them what we ae really like and how we are all different {#236}

people in the valley focus too much on what people don't have instead of what qualities they have to contribute. {#189}

people take what they have for granted, but keep wanting more {#193}

hey, this laptop is pretty cool {#200}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: hey, who doesn't love a new car on your 16th

Solution: well, i would take everyone away and force them to live on a desert island with nothing but potatoe sacks to wear and stimulating conversation with each other to entertain {#252}

Cause: advertisements {#282}

Solution: teach people to value others by who they are, not what they own {#240}

SOLUTION: GET OVER IT!!! Stuff isnt THAT imoportant!! {#272}

Discrimination {#24}

racial discrimination {#10}

ethnic discrimination {#11}

discrimination against the youth specifically in the San Ramon Valley {#27}

religious differences {#12}

STAND BABY!! {#102}

it is too easy to stereotype someone into becoming a bad person {#114}

people who seem different, are sometimes rejected {#119}

it's easier to judge and exclude and have a closed mind than to accept, listen, and realize there's more than one way of doing things {#125}

People should not TOLERATE people out of some ethical obligation. Rather, they should ACCEPT and EMBRACE the differences of others. {#134}

nobody has tought them how to tolerate and that everybody really is equal! {#137}

some of my very best friends are people that i started off hating , not cause of the way they look just cause i didn't know them {#150}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: people's own insecurities cause them to exclude those who are at all chanlenging (i.e. different)

solution: challenge 'em anyway and let people know that it's not as scary as they think is it {#233}

Cause: people are threatened by change and difference. instead of going with the flow they expect the flow to follow them. {#242}

Cause: I agree with anyone whos saying ignorance causes it {#251}

Cause: lack of awareness ad education {#266}

Solution: teach people to be more accepting {#244}

Museum of Tolerance has helped us out on this one, and I know tha Monte Vista is so cool that we made STAND and we are on top of this {#269}

There is just too much and no forseable way to stop it {#169}

Causes and Solutions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Cause: a need to make decisions and judgements on something that doesn't call for the possibility of admiting you are wrong- it's easier to not give people a chance, and form of self protection if you will {#214}

Cause: people believe everything they hear. they dont take the time out to hear or learn what someone is really about. {#258}

Cause: prejudice is all around us and it is something that is so deep rooted in people that it is hard to get rid of, all we can do is promote acceptance {#274}

Cause: misunderstanding, stereotypes {#285}

Solution: make people question why they are right and if there is really any basis to their prejudice {#253}

Solution: educate people on differences and acceptance {#261}