Unless you have been living under a rock for the entire
history of mankind, which I can assure you that you haven't,
you will be aware that young people exist, writes Mya
Middleton, of Logan Park High School.
Logan Park High School science teacher Peter MacCaskill takes
a hit from a water balloon at the school yesterday while Dane
Forgie-Stephens (13) launches another attack.
Arguing in a public place that "the environmental movement
should use violence to advance its agenda", or that "Maori
seats should be abolished in Parliament", is likely to end
badly for most people.
Shunya Yago has been somewhat distracted of late. Since the
earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11, his thoughts
have been on the plight of his family, particularly his
grandparents, who live in Miyagi prefecture near the stricken
Fukushima nuclear power plant.
A victim of Mother Nature's powerful aggression, I, like many
other Christchurch pupils, am now in another city trying to
get my life back together on firmer ground.
