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Regardless of the Scoreboard

Every day it seems that we hear more and more bad news about the worsening of our culture and the scary indicators for the future. If it’s not another depressing study about teens and drugs, or kids and videogames, it’s a report about teachers or sports heroes—the people kids tend to look up to—doing some kind of stupid or horrific thing.

Well, good news. If the following YouTube vids are any indicator, the kids are gonna be alright. Or at least, the kids in Texas. These two smile-worthy and even inspirational clips show some Texas teens (both on the football field, in a way) essentially saying, “We’re learning the good stuff.” And they’re spreading the good vibes while they tell us about it. So, to send you off into your weekend whistling a happier tune, we give you this:

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA6UKafycH4:550:0]

Anahi Alvarez passes her crown on to bullied friend, Lilly.

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ymriMhoj0:550:0]

High School football player Apollos Hester pumps us up.

Almost makes you think the future is looking good. Keep smiling and finish fast.

P.S. Oh and just in case you’d like Apollos’ words of inspiration to sing along with at work, try this:

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CClOsC26Lw:550:0]