As I surveyed the student section, I saw dozens of teenage guys with long, unkempt curly hair, Widespread Panic t-shirts, hemp necklaces, and flip flops. This dress attire of the teenage hippies seemed not to be the attire of a few random freaks, but quite a large portion of the student body. These youngsters must think Widespread Panic, the Grateful Dead, and Phish are cool. But these misinformed youngsters are wrong. Bands like Widespread Panic are the downfall of our youth.
Music plays such an influential role in the development of the teen.
I'm not saying everyone who listens to Panic does drugs, but I am saying that a lot of them do. Something must be done about this hippie epidemic on the JA campus. These kids are at a crossroads in their lives. They will either shape up and become productive citizens, or they will fall deeper into this hippie trap, most likely to drop out of JA, graduate from the Ed Center, smoke truckloads of pot, and leech off their parents for the remainder of their days. At JA, it is high time for someone to weed out the hippies.