Adolescent Int. Response

According to the various interviews we have shown in class, adolescence  forty-something years ago was very different from now. For starters, the technology of then was very different from now. Now it is possible to do half an hour's research in ten minutes through the Internet. Everything, in a way, does near everything for us and adolescents today are musch lazier than then, what with TV's, XBOXes and the like. School is also much more demanding today as well.

FRIM Trip

For me the FRIM Trip was, at best, a 3/5. One of the reasons that I scored it so low was the size of our group. I am not a very social person and prefer small gatherings of people rather than one large group because 1. it makes rationing of "resources" (showers, clean toilets, snacks) very hard so people start to fight over them, 2. everyone forms their own little "friend groups" and they start to exclude most people rather than work together and 3. tents have to be shared and that makes it near impossible to sleep. All of these combined can lead to a very volatile community of people that gets angry easily and doesn't work together.

Response to Kira-Kira

  Prompt: Compare Katie’s mother to her father.  Choose which of her parents she is closest to and give reasons for your choice.

Katie's mother and father are near opposites. Katie's mother (let's call her mom) is very, very delicate, even so that you might think she had some sort of problem.  She managed to break her leg walking down one stair and nearly faints when insulted. Katie's father (let's call him dad), on the other hand, is tough and protective, especially around mom, Lynn and Katie. I think Katie prefers her dad because, in the book she talks about how her mom can "read your mind" and how you HAVE to be good when she's around. On the other hand, Katie spends much more time with her dad and hasn't said anything bad about him.

Response 2 Quote

Response to Quote:

I found the quote in my site description very interesting because, in an indirect way, it shows Nelson Mandela's perseverance. After spending 25 long years in prison on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela was still able to make a joke about his country. This shows that he has a massive amount of willpower.

The Day

Well, well. Today is the day that Teens: The Blog starts. To think all this is made by a kid in his Humanities class...