Jun 01, 2005 05:00
hello. i am direct. i am blunt. i never sugarcoat. life never sugarcoats anything so why should i? we live in a world where:
Every 10 seconds a high school student drops out.*
Every 13 seconds a public school student is corporally punished.*
Every 19 seconds a child is arrested.
Every 23 seconds a baby is born to an unmarried mother.
Every 35 seconds a child is confirmed as abused or neglected.
Every 37 seconds a baby is born to a mother who is not a high school graduate.
Every 40 seconds a baby is born into poverty.
Every 51 seconds a baby is born without health insurance.
Every minute a baby is born to a teen mother.
Every 2 minutes a baby is born at low birthweight.
Every 4 minutes a baby is born to a mother who received late or no prenatal care.
Every 4 minutes a child is arrested for drug abuse.
Every 8 minutes a child is arrested for violent crimes.
Every 19 minutes a baby dies before his first birthday.
Every 43 minutes a child or teen dies in an accident.
Every 3 hours a child or teen is killed by a firearm.
Every 5 hours a child or teen commits suicide.
Every 6 hours a child is killed by abuse or neglect.
Every 22 hours a mother dies in childbirth.
We live in a world where thousands of people died during 9-11, the holocaust, the rape of nanking, titanic, etc.....and you want me to sugarcoat the truth? FUCK YOU! It's not my fault you're a damn idiot whose intellectual levels do not match those of a standard high school student.