Long Story Short: Investing In After-School Programs
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Comedy Central
4.2 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:02.5 | BAM! |
| 0:04.0 | The first benefit of afterschool programs should be obvious. |
| 0:08.0 | They give kids a place to go after school. |
| 0:11.0 | It's right there in the name. |
| 0:12.0 | Come on, keep up stupid. |
| 0:14.0 | It's true. |
| 0:15.0 | Kids need to stay busy, especially teens. |
| 0:17.0 | If they don't have something to do, |
| 0:19.0 | they're gonna find something to do. |
| 0:21.0 | That's why juvenile crime peaks between two and six every day. |
| 0:26.0 | But kids in afterschool programs are less likely |
| 0:29.0 | to drink, do drugs, or join a gang. |
| 0:32.0 | Because kids get tired pretty quickly. |
| 0:35.0 | They only got enough energy for either a car jacking |
| 0:38.0 | or a dance societal. |
| 0:41.0 | You can't do both. |
| 0:44.0 | Well, kids aren't the only one who benefit. |
| 0:50.0 | Because for every dollar spent on an afterschool program, |
| 0:53.0 | the state gets nearly $7 back in potential benefits |
| 0:57.0 | thanks to lower teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and crime. |
| 1:01.0 | Now, that doesn't mean that every kid in the afterschool program |
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