The Hall Monitor

Reporter’s notebook, kids, cancer, schools

April

I asked four students from North Rockland High School whether they’ve Googled information on cancer and three said yes.

Nikki Esposito, 16, said she didn’t. This was her reason:

“I haven’t looked. I’m scared I will be more conscious and I will be paranoid. I don’t want to know the signs of cancer. I don’t want to be more aware ‘my grandma’s getting to THAT stage. I don’t want to be that fearful. I don’t want to put a timeline on someone’s life.”

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am by Randi Weiner.
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