Okay this is really me now, no more hiding. Listen- we’re all worried, we’re all in pain. That just comes with having eyes and with having ears. But just remember one thing: It can’t get any worse, it can only get better. I mean, high school is the bottom. Being a teenager sucks, but that’s the point. Surviving it is the whole point. Quitting is not going to make you strong. Living will. So just hang on and hang in there. You know I know all about the hating and the sneering. I’m a member of the ‘why bother’ generation myself. But why did I bother coming out here tonight and why did you? I mean, it’s time. It begins with us, not with politicians, the experts, or the teachers, but with us, with you and with me, the ones who need it most.

— Mark Hunter/Happy Harry Hard-on, Pump Up The Volume