Reporter’s notebook: kids, cancer, schools, take 5
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- April
- 23
I spoke to four North Rockland High School sophomores about whether they pay attention to people who come to talk to them during assemblies. Here are some of their responses:
Jared Rajchgad, 15: “I feel people should be made more aware of the smoking because people almost take it for granted, like you should definitiely take more care. It can take your life very quickly. Maybe in school they should hold programs on how serious it is, show the students that cancer is a very serious thing.”
Raven Hopkins, 15: “I think I would pay attention to someone with experience, otherwise it’s going to be boring because he has no idea what he’s talking about. He knew some person, but has not personally been through something like that? If it’s not something you’ve faced, there’s no ‘umph’ to it. Nobody really cares what you have to say unless you have hard evidence.”
Nikki Esposito, 16: “If you don’t have an experience suffering with cancer, then you don’t undertand all it entails.”
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