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What can we, Hmong Teenagers do to make the school a safer place?
(March 31, 1998)

  • " Also in schools, color is a main issue in the violence in schools today. Gangs affiliated fights is one of the biggest issues..." CHX
  • "Improving the system by letting everyone know that Hmong is not a minority ethnic race anymore, but only gods knows that. Nowadays,, Lack of Racism, and ignorance of culture..." Hmonglyness
  • "In the life of a human being, not the toughest but the smartest person gets to be the leader. Fighting to be smart is not using guns and knives or forming the strongest gang group. I be willing to bet anyone that all humans would rather prefer the smartest person over the toughest person as their leader." Anonymous
  • "We need to stick to each together, through a positive outlook on life and our road that are going to take. Also we need the older and more educated Hmong adults that has gone to college, know the feelings and pressures, to give us an acknowledgement and help, and not to shun us away." Anonymous
  • " We have to teach the younger kids to do good things and we, the older have to set a good example to them to learn from." Xao Lee
  • "If there's some dust in both you and your friend's eye.. and you say to your friend that you will take the dust out of your friend's eye... It is impossible because there is dust inside your eye..." From the Bible
  • "we can also join programs/organizations that help build our leadership skills and inform us about issues that our going on in our life." Anonymous
  • "You need to have a high level of self-etseem by getting involved in sports, clubs, whatever you can think of to keep you away from peer-pressure, violence, and yes, gangs." Kaus Yaj
  • "A lot of violence, I think, is the result of not being to accept and understand another's person's differences." Cindy
  • "Encourage friends who are gang-related to stay in school and get an education. By doing this, Hmong teens will focus more on doing school work." Kou Vang
  • "We have to watch out for each other and stick together and go by the rules of the school." Anonymous
  • "I thin to make a safer school environment is to make more school activities for students." Anonymous
  • "I feel that communicating with one anther will make a difference. If we do not talk and fully understand one another, we will not find a solution to our problems." Anonymous
  • "Well we should have a Hmong youth group that helps out in the community we live in and do things like volunteering to help the poor or even have activities to help Hmong students stay out of trouble." KV

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