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Words for teenager
In Colgate University, the principal Dick Long offered the following words from a judge who regularly deals with the youth. He said:
“We always hear the cries from teen adults, ‘what can we do, where can we go?’
“My answer is this: Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, clean the ceiling fan, learn to cook, get a job, build a robot, study your lessons and after that read a book. Your town does not owe you any recreational facilities and your parents. If you are still living with them, do not owe you any fun.”
“The world does not owe you a living; you owe the world something. You owe it your time, energy, and talent so that no one will be at war, in sickness and loneliness 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 around and wait for somebody to do something someday. Someday is now, and that somebody is you!”
