I don't think this world is ever going to get better. To live in this world you have to be very, very, very strong because if you're not, the system will walk all over you. The price of living is going high up and people are dying for stupid reasons like gang violence. You can't trust … politicians because they are all snakes in the grass …. You really can't trust [anybody] but your family, and not even them half the time. —High school student, survey respondent, 2005
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