Hidden Gems: Middle schooler honored for writing on violence
– A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing."There could be some random person walking down the street and you could get robbed, kidnapped, shot and you just don't know why," said Summer Bell."Maybe that person could just be having a bad day and just feel like 'Oh well,' and just take an innocent person's life," she said.
Students are asked to write about how violence in their neighborhoods affects their everyday lives: the fear, the anger, the grief. A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing. For her essay, Summer Bell related the story of a beloved cousin who died by gun violence a decade ago.:"Not really, because I had a lot of inspiration for it. So I kinda knew what I was going to write about."Summer
"You need to pay attention to people more. Stop being so desensitized to [it]. It's a serious problem."
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