Web Site For Teens To Demolish Ignorance
from the good-for-them dept
In the wake of September 11, some teenagers with very different backgrounds got together and put together a website for teens to discuss all different kinds of issues. The idea was to build a central meeting place where teens could meet (virtually) and share information about their backgrounds and cultures to combat ignorance. It seems like a very typical thing for a bunch of idealistic teenagers to do, so I'm happy for them. Of course, the people who really need to be educated in this way are never going to find this site. It would also be interesting to check back on the founders of this site ten years from now to see if they're still as idealistic as they are now.
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Beyond the cliches
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http://www.deaflibrary.org/asl.html
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