http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:03:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By: Eli  A father tells his son to always be prepared in a polite conversation as they rush down a five-lane highway, choking the birds and the bees. Always be prepared. We’ve always been taught that, a little ironic isn’t it? While they were busy preparing us for life, teaching us how to tie knots ... http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp/were-taught-to-always-be-prepared/2008/04/20/ http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp/82/2008/04/20/ By: Amy He looks like such a jerk. Did she just glare at me? Oo what a hottie! Emo. Jock. Stoner. Preppie. As I walk down these typical beige halls laced with blue lockers, not one face do I know, not one face recalls memories of an inside joke, not one face has a name for ... http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp/i-can-tell-that-we-are-gonna-be-friends/2008/04/20/ Since third grade my classes have consisted, essentially, of the same thirty individuals. Throughout the past seven years I have seen many facets of the classmates who continue to surround me in high school, but their varied personas fail to adjust my initial perceptions. To me, their elementary antics have ... http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp/cemented-judgements/2008/04/20/ By: Lee  You say you see no color. I say you’re full of it! I hope when you look at me you see black a little bit, For when you say you see me how can that really be when part of who I am is my ethnicity? I like my hair, my skin tone, ... http://teenleadershipcouncil.com/wp/colorblind/2008/04/20/