Comments for 100YA BLOG http://100youngamericans.com/blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:04:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Add Your Reviews by Kaylee http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-385 Kaylee Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:26:32 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-385 I just bought the book last night and I stayed up until three in the morning pouring over every young american. They did such a good job capturing the youth and relating to them. Nothing in the book suprised me. It was all so real and the variety was impressive. The book was captivating and I plan to share it with all my closest friends. I just bought the book last night and I stayed up until three in the morning pouring over every young american. They did such a good job capturing the youth and relating to them. Nothing in the book suprised me. It was all so real and the variety was impressive. The book was captivating and I plan to share it with all my closest friends.

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Rob http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-384 Rob Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:34:00 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-384 Great book! I just happened upon it at my library and sat down to look at a few of the pages but ended up reading most of it in one sitting. One thing struck me as I read through the stories. These young people are not only the unique and awesome individuals you profiled, but they are also all the people I went to school with. In this book, we got to read about the horrors and fears, the sadness and hurts that these kids live through, but also about their triumphs and the attitudes they will carry with them into adulthood. I knew people very much like these kids when I was in High School. The children in my life are the same ages as the kids in this book, so I feel like I know kids who are just like them. So, the real enduring truth is that there is more that is similar in our lives than that is different. I loved your photographs and the text was without judgment, just telling the stories of 100 young people. I'd love it if you keep in touch with each of them and update us on their lives after 10 or 15 years. My life has gone pretty much as I hoped it would but I know some people who ended up going in many different directions. It would just be interesting to know how things have worked out for these young people. Thanks for your amazing glimpse into these remarkable lives. Great book! I just happened upon it at my library and sat down to look at a few of the pages but ended up reading most of it in one sitting. One thing struck me as I read through the stories. These young people are not only the unique and awesome individuals you profiled, but they are also all the people I went to school with.
In this book, we got to read about the horrors and fears, the sadness and hurts that these kids live through, but also about their triumphs and the attitudes they will carry with them into adulthood. I knew people very much like these kids when I was in High School. The children in my life are the same ages as the kids in this book, so I feel like I know kids who are just like them.
So, the real enduring truth is that there is more that is similar in our lives than that is different.
I loved your photographs and the text was without judgment, just telling the stories of 100 young people. I’d love it if you keep in touch with each of them and update us on their lives after 10 or 15 years.
My life has gone pretty much as I hoped it would but I know some people who ended up going in many different directions. It would just be interesting to know how things have worked out for these young people. Thanks for your amazing glimpse into these remarkable lives.

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Angela http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-383 Angela Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:54 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-383 I loved this book so much. Just how the author commented in the beginning how he would sit in the airport and wonder about everyone around him; wonder about their life, and their story. I do that everyday, everywhere. I am fascinated by people and wish that i could know EVERYONE's story. They are all unique and the more you know the less judgmental and stereotypical you become. The photographs were AMAZING. I love photography, and one of my challenges is accurately portraying a person's personality through just one photograph. Letting them pick their own location, pose, clothes, exc. made it so real. I am just in love with this book! If there is ever another one, (which would make me so happy) I would love more than anything to be in it or be a part of it somehow. I loved this book so much. Just how the author commented in the beginning how he would sit in the airport and wonder about everyone around him; wonder about their life, and their story. I do that everyday, everywhere. I am fascinated by people and wish that i could know EVERYONE’s story. They are all unique and the more you know the less judgmental and stereotypical you become.
The photographs were AMAZING. I love photography, and one of my challenges is accurately portraying a person’s personality through just one photograph. Letting them pick their own location, pose, clothes, exc. made it so real.
I am just in love with this book!
If there is ever another one, (which would make me so happy) I would love more than anything to be in it or be a part of it somehow.

]]> Comment on SKATE PARKS: MAKING 11 MILLION AMERICANS HAPPY ONE HALF-PIPE AT A TIME by montrell wilkerson http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=48#comment-338 montrell wilkerson Mon, 05 May 2008 21:44:46 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=48#comment-338 I think Brooks is SUPER SEXY I think Brooks is SUPER SEXY

]]> Comment on LUKE WOULD LOVE TO BE A ZISSOU by Meg and Ally http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=28#comment-336 Meg and Ally Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:55:15 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=28#comment-336 Hey Luke, We're your cousins from MA. Nice to meet ya. Have fun at grandma's!!! (tauntie Mary) Hey Luke,

We’re your cousins from MA. Nice to meet ya. Have fun at grandma’s!!! (tauntie Mary)

]]> Comment on COULD PUSHING X, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT DRIVE YOU TO MURDER? by JG http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=21#comment-334 JG Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:17:48 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=21#comment-334 Yes, I agree that Grand Theft Auto is very violent, and is probably the closes you can get to blaming a video game. But the main consideration here is that if someone has the mental state to murder someone, they must have some kind of issue in their life. A video game may have contributed to that, but so would almost anything with a sliver of violence, and instead of blaming video games, thought should be given that perhaps these people need mental help instead, on a range of different things that may be effecting their mental state. Yes, I agree that Grand Theft Auto is very violent, and is probably the closes you can get to blaming a video game. But the main consideration here is that if someone has the mental state to murder someone, they must have some kind of issue in their life. A video game may have contributed to that, but so would almost anything with a sliver of violence, and instead of blaming video games, thought should be given that perhaps these people need mental help instead, on a range of different things that may be effecting their mental state.

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Hilary http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-331 Hilary Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:15:52 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-331 I was at the mall for my birthday.. i could pick out anything that i wanted. i was carefully scanning the book shelves and i came upon a book called "100 young Americans." it seemed very intriguing so i picked it up and began scanning the pages... i fell in love with it immediately so i decided to buy it. and i love it! i think that i must've read every single page already and i still want some more. it gives me a look at how other youngsters live! thanks for the great book! I was at the mall for my birthday..
i could pick out anything that i wanted.
i was carefully scanning the book shelves
and i came upon a book called
“100 young Americans.”
it seemed very intriguing
so i picked it up and began
scanning the pages…
i fell in love with it immediately
so i decided to buy it.
and i love it!
i think that i must’ve
read every single
page already and i still want some more.
it gives me a look at
how other youngsters live!
thanks for the great book!

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Tassos Antoniou http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-325 Tassos Antoniou Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:00:14 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-325 Great idea! I am surprised. Great idea! I am surprised.

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Carla http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-324 Carla Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:06:21 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-324 I was at Borders around Christmas-time looking for present and happened to stumble upon this book. I almost bought it instead of presents, but i decided to wait and ended up getting it as a late Christmas present. I read the entire thing on the plane ride home from Florida and it truly amazed me. The stories that these kids have are amazing and it shows our generation the way it really is, instead of the way adults prefer to see it. The photographs in this book are truly spectacular and really show the true person in them. Great job. I was at Borders around Christmas-time looking for present and happened to stumble upon this book. I almost bought it instead of presents, but i decided to wait and ended up getting it as a late Christmas present. I read the entire thing on the plane ride home from Florida and it truly amazed me. The stories that these kids have are amazing and it shows our generation the way it really is, instead of the way adults prefer to see it. The photographs in this book are truly spectacular and really show the true person in them. Great job.

]]> Comment on Add Your Reviews by Alyssa http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-323 Alyssa Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:47:37 +0000 http://100youngamericans.com/blog/?p=14#comment-323 I loved the book. Each story I read was special. I couldn't put the book down and I didn't want it to end. Sometimes I think that i'm the only teenager who feels one way or believes another way but after I read this I realized that there are alot of other people that I can relate too. The people in the book made me happy, and some sad. Veryy amazing. I loved the book. Each story I read was special. I couldn’t put the book down and I didn’t want it to end. Sometimes I think that i’m the only teenager who feels one way or believes another way but after I read this I realized that there are alot of other people that I can relate too. The people in the book made me happy, and some sad. Veryy amazing.

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