Northland College principal John Tapene has ofered the following words from a judge who regularly deals with youth. "Always we hear the cry from teenagers, 'what can we do, where can we go?"
"My answer is this: Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, visit the sick, study your lessons and after you've finished, read a book. You r town does not owe you recreational facilities and your parents do not owe you fun.
"The world does not owe you a living, you owe the world soemthing. You owe it your time, energy and talent so that no one will be at war, in sickness and lonely again. In other words grow up, stop being a cry baby, get out of your dream world and develop a backbone not a wishbone. Start behaving like a responsible person. You are important and you are needed. It's too late to sit aorund and wait for somebody to do something soemday. Someday is now and that somebody is you!"
I do believe the teens and all of us need to hear "'you are wanted, you are needed, Please use your talents to bring good to us."
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