Will making the school day longer benefit society? Karno Schmulze claims that teenagers have it too easy because of the length of their school day and year. She writes that teenagers are more interested in gossip and fashion than in bettering the world, and argues that a longer, more challenging school day will better them as people. Isn’t she stereotyping a teenager? Did she not just claim that ALL teenagers are more interested with gossip than with schooling? Schmulze is wrong, she has created her own definition of teenagers in this society that isn’t accurate. A teenager is much more than just a robot concerned with its own problems. A teenager is not selfish. A teenager will help others, but sometimes they have responsibilities such as school. How can Schmulze expect teenagers to better the world and practice selflessness if they’re cooped up in a class room for six to nine hours a day? The answer, she can’t. Making the school day longer would only worsen teenagers. They’d become more …show more content…
She wants to change the world. Stop the hate in schools and in the streets, make people understand that words kill, people kill people. Make others see what happened to her best friend before she took her own life. She has this great idea that she knows she can do, so what’s stopping her? She sits down to take action but gets sidetracked by the pile of homework she has to complete. Forty math problems, two essays, a Spanish worksheet, a science lab...for one six hour day. Her planning takes a backseat, she’s preoccupied by her “responsibilities.” She finishes her job and begins her planning for changing the world, but she’s interrupted. Her parents waltz in plopping college applications on her desk. Fill these out, they say. Its for your future, your mom concludes. You sit there like a robot filling out those applications, watching your dreams at changing the world drift farther and farther
When you picture a teenager you picture fighting, drinking, or answering back, am I right? However, this is simply not the case. Sure there is the minority of trouble makers. However this minority is exaggerated due to the news showing only this behaviour. This stereotyping has found its audience and crept into television shows and series. This has led to the creation of a mockumentary called “Summer Heights High” which has unfairly represented teen
As told through her mother’s perspective, one will learn that Trina is a eighteen year old female of African-American decent and resides with her mother in Los Angeles, California. Trina’s parents, Keri and Clyde, provide their daughter with an upper/upper middle class lifestyle due to her father’s sudden successful career and her mother’s successful resale clothing business in Los Angeles. This well rounded and beautiful adolescent has recently graduated from high school with high grades and was accepted to Brown University, however, due to her summer manic episodes, Trina has not attended college yet.
In Leon Botstein’s "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", Botstein argues that the "superficial definitions" of high school students are a reason to let teenagers begin their lives in the working world rather than to perpetuate their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school is cogent and fitting.
The trivialization of high school in the present educational organization for teens has been posited in the public; however, it is one vital issue that is being debated.
A main point in what she is doing and where she ends up getting hurt the most is trying to make her parents care more about her. You can tell all she wants wants is appreciation for what's she does but when they don’t even notice her she ends up working harder. When they do pay a little attention to her she works really hard to be able to have that moment with them again. But they sometimes unfairly blame her for stuff she didn't
“In our media-intensive culture it is not difficult to find differing opinions… The difficulty lies in deciding which opinion to agree with and which ‘experts’ seem the most credible” (Espejo 11). The perceptions of one age group in society of another age group are built upon assumptions that are made through what is visible. However, rarely is anyone willing to understand the reason behind someone’s actions. Sibling rivalry, the death of a loved one, moving to a new school, competition among peers, and the reputation adolescents have today often end up giving a misperception of society to teens and of teens to society, thus damaging the relationships between society, as illustrated by J.D. Salinger in The Catcher in the Rye.
In "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", an essay by Leon Botstein, Botstein argues that the "superficial definitions" of high school students are a reason to let teenagers begin their lives in the working world rather than to perpetuate their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school are cogent and fitting.
In the essay "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", Leon Botstein expresses that the "superficial definitions" of high school students present a reason that they should be allowed to begin their lives in the working world rather than to prolong their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school is cogent and fitting.
A four-day school week is a generally new and imaginative thought picking up fame with understudies and instructor over the Assembled States. For a few, the upsides of going to class just four days for each week far exceed the potential hindrances. The budgetary reserve funds to locale that bounce on the four-days-per-week fleeting trend can be colossal, paying little mind to the span of the area. Nonetheless, there are different advantages that serve as inspiration for embracing this new instructive structure.
Lauren had suggested the idea to her father but he dismissed it, she states “I didn’t push the idea as I should have”. (Butler pg.157) Lauren is capable and smart to help her community; however, she often quits and resigns to the power and influence of the community. She has the passion and tools to make a difference in her community but she foolishly desists. Regardless of her bright ideas Lauren often second guesses and undermines herself making her a hopeless quitter.
The main idea of this story is she wanted to be free to live her own life so badly that she
She is learning to be out on her own for the first time in her life. Because she is away at school she does not have the guidance that her parents once gave her. She has to make decisions about her life and life choices. So far she has not had much success in making these choices. She almost decided to quit school and move in with her boyfriend. This poor planning has left her very behind in school making her have to attend for an extra year in order to graduate. She also decided that it was all right to smoke marijuana. This led to problems with the law, which is not good considering that she is a criminal justice major. Next year she will be moving into an apartment and will have to work in order to support herself. This is another step toward autonomy from her parents.
Throughout the story there are several aspects of the Protagonist’s character that play a major role in the shaping of her future. During her childhood she
Schools are so much a part of our society, so the accurate length of school days is extremely important. Public opinions on the length of the school days are different. There are a lot of parents and professors concerned that it is hard for children to go to school early in the morning and stay there the whole day. On the other side, some professors try to force students into a nine hour school day. Not so many years ago, school was a main part of my life, and the school days’ structure and length affected my social life and ability to study. From my own experience and some studies that I have seen, students benefit if school days are long.
“Contemporary American society pulls teenagers away from school toward social and recreational pursuits. There is widespread peer pressure not to succeed academically. One of five students say that their friends make fun of people who try to do well in school. More than one-half of all students say they never discuss their schoolwork with friends.”