Many oppose stricter gun laws. Religion plays an influential part in the lives of two-thirds of the teens responding to the poll. Though some agree it will better prepare them for life after graduation, many teens think the test is unfair. Some high school students see the test as punishment . Written responses show some need an AIMS-type test .
Educators cite poor salaries among their main reasons for leaving the profession.
A sense of shame and a view skewed by media images may keep young women from reporting acquaintance rape. But local teens say it happens. Local teens say Arizona Sen. John McCain would have made the best successor to President Clinton. Some Caucasian students say they have less chance than minorities of getting scholarships and jobs. Nineteen percent of the respondents to the poll say they have attempted to take their own lives.