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KPCC 89.3 - August 8, 2008
For three weeks, twenty-six L.A. Unified high schoolers studied full time at UCLA and conducted interviews with student and civic leaders. They presented their findings at Los Angeles City Hall today. KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: It’s the ninth year UCLA’s organized this summer research seminar for high school students.
Sixteen-year-old Haemin Jee attends Cleveland High School in the San Fernando Valley. Her research group studied how caring adults help to motivate students. Conducting the research, she said, dissolved some of her cynicism.
Haemin Jee: I’ve learned that adults will listen. They might need a kick in the butt, but they will eventually listen to us. And that it’s all on us as the youth to demand our rights. To demand help.
Guzman-Lopez: Students presented their findings at L.A. City Hall’s marble-clad top floor. UCLA education professor John Rogers pointed students toward a quote carved near the ceiling and paraphrased its meaning.
John Rogers: Our city should exist to nurture, sustain, and develop its youth. Guzman-Lopez: Research sponsors said they’re organizing follow up sessions at high schools to cultivate the students’ learning and enthusiasm.
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