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. Doctors are more proactive in detecting suicidal behavior. A major concern is Tucson's water. Most teens don't give a hoot for the endangered pygmy owl. How widely drugs and alcohol are used on school campuses is a subject of considerable debate.