Girl: I have one friend,
but it's good that way,
'cause when I had
a lot of friends, I did bad,
and I was doing bad things.
I did a lot of drugs.
And I had to take care
of my baby brother and stuff
'cause my mom was never home.
Boy: If I get my
high school diploma
I can turn my life around
for the better.
I mean, I really do want to
get out of that trailer.
And I don't want to
keep using food stamps.
I don't like using that
as a crutch.
I'm just using it
'cause no one can really
afford food in my house.
Boy: I remember sometime
in the 4th grade,
one of my teachers told me I
would never amount to anything.
So I kind of just like
stuck with that,
that I would never
amount to anything.
So I thought everything
I did was just for no reason.
Girl: I get really bad
stressing out,
to the point where, like,
I do not talk to anybody
or anything or I just like
try to block out everybody.
Boy: Anger builds up in me
because of my dad.
Like, he yell at me
a lot of times.
He want me to be
a better person than he is.
He just bring me down,
and I don't feel like living
sometimes no more.
Girl: Oh, my God.
I am 17 and pregnant.
What am I gonna--I'm not
even out of high school.
Boy: I don't want to
be trapped anywhere.
I don't want to ever be
trapped in anything.
I see a lot of people
who are trapped in this town.
Boy: My mom is--I still
don't know her address.
I still don't know
where she's gone.
Girl: Don't care about
what other people say.
Boy: She's somewhere.
Boy: Everybody knows me
to be a happy guy.
I'm smiling all the time,
but I do feel sad.
Girl: My mom--she didn't
finish high school.
Girl: My mom--
I don't know where she is.
Boy: I'm stub--
I'm a stubborn kid.
That's--first and foremost,
that's basically why I'm here.
I didn't want to do my work.
[Kids all talking at once]
