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The home page of TEENBIZNIK regularly runs surveys for teenagers to respond on important issues, and then reports the results to the media, and appropriate government officials. This month TEENBIZNIK is asking teenagers to submit their opinion on whether a “Dear Abby” type program for schools would help decrease school violence and other problems experienced by teenagers.

On April 24, The Washington Post ran a story entitled “Schools Seek Ways To Prevent Violence - Web Site Links to Successful Programs.” This article talked about a new web site started in Virginia at www.preventviolenceva.org that offers 182 listings of anti-violence and anti-drug campaigns across the country that Virginia schools can consider adopting. On the same day, the newspaper reported about a 14-year-old boy in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, “armed with three handguns shot and killed his junior high school principal before fatally shooting himself in the head as his fellow eighth-graders prepared for class this morning in the school's cafeteria, police and school officials said.”

If time is taken to listen to what teenagers have to say, their opinions are very legitimate. Unfortunately, most times it’s teenagers who listen seriously to teenagers. If you think about it, teenagers’ opinions may really be able to help with some serious problems in this country. Maybe teenagers hold some answers for serious problems like school violence, stress, eating disorders, depression – if only someone would listen!

Please let your readers know about TEENBIZNIK.COM so teenagers can be involved in the problems that affect their lives. TEENBIZNIK will report what teenagers have to say to the media and appropriate government officials. Teenagers can go to the web site to see the results of the surveys.

Linda Lee Varndell (for more personal info go to the "Staff" link on the navigation bar)
Senior, Yorktown High School
Webmaster for TEENBIZNIK.COM

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