"My dream for the future is to become a lawyer or a teacher . . .. Because by the time you read this sentence a child in America drops out of school. And in the time it takes you to finish this sentence another child in this country will run away from home. And in the time it takes you just to read the paper another teenage girl will have a baby. I suppose by now you understand why I would like to make a Better Generation." --Amneris, Middle School.