Summary:
I managed to leap over the next 80 pages! >:P These pages cover the chapters Declaration of Independence, Young Americans, Counting on the Children, The Invention of High School and Dangerous Adolescence. Nothing much varies between the style of the writting, sources are used to reflect upon teen experiences (like Russell Lash, for the quote below :3), and events are used to describe how teens acted during the time period ascending towards modern teens and how we/they (:D) are now. I'm finding constant similarities between teen experiences in the book between sources and throught real life experiences/sources. I can understand why the book is titled the RISE and FALL of the American teenager more clearly now that I've read further into the book. >:)
Quote:
"When I ran away from home, I never considered that was running away from school, too. School is very important to me, becuase I know I need it to reach my dream of working in the film industry.-- RUSSELL LASH in Yo! (Youth Outlook), (1994)" (Hine 138).
Reaction:
Out of all text you could find in 80 pages, I chose this quote, to actually give some sort of reaction to it (duh). Last year this girl ran away from home, and was missing for about 2 weeks I think. She missed every day of school between that period, and when she came back, she was stuck. We had learned so much in the time she was gone. For me, being absent one day throws me back. And I never thought about this but I don't think it's possible to run away from home AND Still go to school like nothing is wrong. o-o (Plus, they'll find you and send you back home but whatever XD). There's no way you can be a sucess in school if your life at home is messed up. There has to be a balance, and if you start screwing up your life now, there's no turning back, school and education is the key. Personally, I think it's stupid for kids to run away. Could their life at home be so horrible that they willingly want to be rid of their family? Jesus. It's a different thing if you want to run away and if you HAVE to run away. If your family isn't supporting you, avoid them, focus on your education instead. The real world doesn;t have room for kids who skip school and have a bad attitude. Do good in school (and at home too! :D) to do good/be sucessful in life. WHEW! That's some pretty deep stuff there. :D
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Summary:
This book is quite the facination: Almost everything and anything you would like to know about teenagers is in here! :O From teenage mystique, to coming of age and family values (which are the chapters), Thomas Hine covers a vast sea of information in each chapter about teens. He uses history to relate to the teens of that time. For example (this isn't actually in the book but): How fangirls reacted when Justin Beiber is on stage, and how many despised his fame. With such things as the Great Awakening and the Declaration affecting teens, this is definately a well-rounded research of teens throughout history. I'm slowly pushing my way through reading the ever-so-small text on the pages to reach modern teens, but thats ok, 80 pages are the gold mine of information. :D
Quote:
"This book isn't my inner teenager, or yours either. Rather, it's about people in their teens throughout American history-- what adults expected of them, how they fit into the world they found, and how they helped shape it as well. There's no room here for nostalgia-- an emotion that distorts understanding of both past and of the present. The sixties, the decade of my teenage years, have been celebrated-- and demonized-- quite enough." (Hine 3).
Reaction:
I like this quote. It sort of shows strength in the author; making it seem as if this book isn't just a memoir of his past or our past, but our shared pasts; the rainbow spectrum of teenage experiences. And I like how when he references to the 60's, that time has been 'nostaliga-ed' a lot because he himself lived through it. I would have prefered a memoir of an individual's teen years but hey, term 4, history book. x3
This book is quite the facination: Almost everything and anything you would like to know about teenagers is in here! :O From teenage mystique, to coming of age and family values (which are the chapters), Thomas Hine covers a vast sea of information in each chapter about teens. He uses history to relate to the teens of that time. For example (this isn't actually in the book but): How fangirls reacted when Justin Beiber is on stage, and how many despised his fame. With such things as the Great Awakening and the Declaration affecting teens, this is definately a well-rounded research of teens throughout history. I'm slowly pushing my way through reading the ever-so-small text on the pages to reach modern teens, but thats ok, 80 pages are the gold mine of information. :D
Quote:
"This book isn't my inner teenager, or yours either. Rather, it's about people in their teens throughout American history-- what adults expected of them, how they fit into the world they found, and how they helped shape it as well. There's no room here for nostalgia-- an emotion that distorts understanding of both past and of the present. The sixties, the decade of my teenage years, have been celebrated-- and demonized-- quite enough." (Hine 3).
Reaction:
I like this quote. It sort of shows strength in the author; making it seem as if this book isn't just a memoir of his past or our past, but our shared pasts; the rainbow spectrum of teenage experiences. And I like how when he references to the 60's, that time has been 'nostaliga-ed' a lot because he himself lived through it. I would have prefered a memoir of an individual's teen years but hey, term 4, history book. x3
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