Thursday, May 14, 2009

The American High School Student



I interviewed two high school juniors yesterday because they were taking part in an environmental project to reduce the use of plastic bags by stores in town. During the interview, I asked one of them why they decided to take part in the project. The answer given by this darling teen melted my heart.

Me: So, why did you choose to dedicate your time to working on this initiative?

Student: Well, I'm not going to lie, it looks really good on college applications.

Both adorable and inspiring.

2 comments:

meg peace said...

HAHAHA Amazing!!! Let me guess, it was a boy?! lol
Hey, like he said, "i'm not going to lie" and he told the truth!! He said what the other kid was thinking!

Melissa said...

Yea, it was a guy. The girl I talked to was like," I want to help the environment, I care about the earth." Then this bonehead said he was doing it to get into college.