"Our agro-food system knowingly shortens the lives of the poorest in our communities." -Dr. Peter Walker

11.21.2007

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"Why does our generation have such incredibly high expectations for ourselves? Why do so many of us feel like as soon as we leave school, we have to rack up achievements quickly? That we have to be recognized? Why do we feel over-the-hill if we haven’t done something huge by the advanced age of 25? I think it’s attributable to a combination of things. The high-stakes testing education atmosphere. The seemingly plummeting age of celebrities. The sheer necessity of making a lot of money to pay back ridiculously high student loans. Helicopter parents."
This was posted in an article by Alexandra Robbins on the new website/community/show Quarterlife from Marshall Hershkovitz and Edward Zick, the creators of My So Called Life and Once and Again, two of the best dramas in the history of TV. Check out Quarterlife and post your thoughts.

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