The Times at Jordan High spanks that other Times. Yes, us.

So we ran a story recently in The Times about a study that found a majority of the kids in South L.A. schools are scared and sad. And in the best tradition of journalism, some kids from Jordan High, a South L.A. school, ran a rebuttal in their newspaper, The Bulldog Times. Mitchell Landsburg, who wrote our  story, follows up in our education blog, The Homeroom:

[Student Evelyn Garcia] quotes senior Steven Hubbard as saying: “I don’t know where they got these results from. From what the L.A. Times article said being lazy and tired means that you’re clinically depressed. If that’s true, then everyone I know is clinically depressed, including the teachers and the president of the United States!!! Where do they get off saying that anyway? I’m always happy, and so are the people that I hang with!”

There's more, lots more, and let's just say these kids aren't afraid to speak their minds.

--Veronique de Turenne