Welcome to the professional website and personal weblog of Jeremy Del Rio. Whether you're a client, friend, or curious onlooker, please don't stay a spectator. Engage the conversation. Your contributions matter here.
youth
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007An institution that, like many nationwide, strives to attract young people, even offering beading and cartooning classes, will soon be shutting them out, along with the rest of the public, at one of the busiest parts of its day. Having spent more time in public libraries in the last two months that in my previous [...]
Random Thursday
Thursday, December 21st, 2006You are Time magazine’s Person of the Year. But look at 2006 through a different lens and you’ll see another story, one that isn’t about conflict or great men. It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It’s about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people’s network [...]
72 hours a week
Sunday, December 10th, 2006A grueling, if lucrative, work week? Or the amount of time average Americans ages 13-18 spend consuming electronic media? “Teen life has become a theatrical, self-directed media production.” Additional findings: + 1/3 of teens own iPods, up from 1 percent in 2003 + More than half own Sony’s PlayStation 2 + 1/3 own an original [...]
Every Day in America …
Thursday, November 30th, 2006+ 6 children commit suicide. + 13 children are homicide victims. + 14 children are killed by firearms. + 34 children die from accidents. + 5,753 children are arrested. + 1,329 babies are born to teen mothers. + 367 children are arrested for drug abuse. + 17,297 public school students are suspended. Source: More research [...]
Friday Miscellany
Friday, November 17th, 2006+ Too Freaky? “Freak Dancing,†where teens on dance floors grind up against each other in simulated sex acts, has been banned by an Orange County high school. Too little too late? + Was Borat’s filmmaking criminal? + Publisher claims she set up OJ. Or is she exploiting his victims for profit? + Does anyone [...]
In Teens
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006From the Washington Post. The high school English class cites several reasons for backing off of MySpace: Creepy people proposition them. Teachers and parents monitor them. New, more alluring free services comes along, so they collectively jump ship…. To a youth market composed of teens like Kim and Birnbaum, MySpace is just the latest online [...]
Real Beauty?
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006HT: YS Marko See also: day pay virginia loans in faxlessdepartment federal loans of educationunsubsidized repayment stafford federal loans directpay loans grants federal to studentloan advance bank federal homeof dallas federal home bank loanlaw loans federal studentuse loans federal personal for Map
Youth Under Fire – Pray
Monday, October 2nd, 2006A 32-year old with a decades old grudge wounded seven girls and executed three others before killing himself at an Amish high school in Lancaster County. My ministry partner and friend Matt Stevens sent this: The school is Georgetown Amish School in Lancaster County is just 30 minutes from where we live. Pray that The [...]
Must See: Akeelah and the Bee
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Buy this movie and show it to every young person, urban or otherwise, and every hard-hearted adult who needs some inspiration to care about kids.
Rock of Faith: Christian Bands Now a Crossover Miracle
Monday, September 18th, 2006Interesting article in Sunday’s NY Post: “Not long ago, a rock star acknowledging his Christianity was akin to a saint bathing in meat tenderizer before being tossed to the lions. … “Or, as pop-culture blog The Talent Show puts it: ‘Christian rock is stereotypically the kind of crap that offends music fans as well as [...]
« Previous Entries Next Entries »