Texas teenagers shared what they learned in 2022, what it's like being a teenager in the state and what they’re looking forward to in 2023. | via keranews
Anahi Hernandez and Mateo Vasquez are 17 years-old and both attend Uplift Atlas Prep in Dallas. They’re also a part of the
, which educates young people on sex education. They share what they’ve learned this year, what it's like being a teenager in Texas, and what they’re looking forward to in 2023.I think of this year as a growing year, not just for me but the people around me. I feel like they've been growing and evolving themselves as people. Everyone has been trying to step up their game, like find a job, or get a car.This is our last year of school.
I feel like being a young person in Texas sometimes can be kind of scary, because there's a lot of headlines about, oh this 17 year-old kid was shot by an officer, or all these school shootings, like Uvalde and everything else. But you can never really dwell on it a lot.For Mateo Vasquez, 2022 was about new friendships."I also got to experience a lot more freedom than I did experience before," he said."I was able to go hang out with a bunch of friends more often.
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