Thanks newbie!!!! I was able to read through each piece and I will be putting together responses for each one. I do find it difficult to debate people in high school, no offense, because at that age most people are limited in comprehension of views outside of where they regularly get information. For example, small children will believe ANYTHING that their parents tell them is true and deny truth if it contradicts their parents. They will accept the parental information as fact and repeat it to anyone who will listen. By high school age most have matured enough to begin to question some things told to them by their parents, but they do tend to shift what they believe to information gathered from the media, teachers, and peers, prequently without question. The fact that they are in San Fransisco adds another interesting element in that there is not a very diverse 'thought pool' there. Most people who live there have the same general ideas about social issues and values. What I find amusing is that they wish to impose their beliefs and opinions on the entire country much as the pro-life groups wish to impose their beliefs on everyone and I am relatively certain that the students would condem the pro-life groups for pushing for national legislation.
I must say that the articles are well written and the paper has a web site to be proud of, VERY well done. I am impressed with both the quality of the material and the idea of putting it together in such a professional site. It reflects well upon the school to have something of that quality to represent them to the public and to have it available on the web gives the school international exposer. Exposer at that level was not even dreamed of when I was in high school, class of '75.
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