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- Select two to three paragraphs from the first 25% of your book. Type it word for word on this blog. Include the page number in parenthesis (this is a reference point for other members).
- SOAPS the excerpt. Make sure that you are specific as possible, and always write in complete sentences. Points will be deducted for punctuation and spelling errors.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Queen Bees and Wannabes
ReplyDelete"You may be worried that if you tell, the situation will get worse. The bully may have even told you that as a way to keep you quiet. So let's break it down. If you don't tell, do you think the person will stop being mean to you or hurting you? In my experience, bullies don't stop because you cooperate. They know that they have power over you. And there's no way adults can help if they don't know the problem. That said, you have to be smart about whom you tell because some adults are better than other adults at knowing how to handle problems" (Wiseman 76).
S-The subject of this passage is to tell girls that are constantly being bullied whether to tell someone about the problem or not. Also, it helps them decide who they should tell about the issue.
o-This type of situation happens all over the world. It happens in every school and to a lot of kids everywhere. This passage is a description.
A-This passage was aimed directly at girls who are still in grade school with people constantly bullying them.
P-The speaker's reason for writing this passage is to inform girls that are being bullied to tell someone about the problem so that it can be resolved and the bully receives the correct punishment for their actions. Also, to tell the girls not to be afraid of talking to their parents or a trusted adult about the problems they have.
Queen Bees and Wannabes
ReplyDelete"Sometimes it's easy to tell when someone is being mean to you. Usually that's when someone physically hurts you or threatens your safety. But people can be mean in other ways, like when they make fun of you, ignore you, or get other people to gang up on you. So if that happens to you, when should you tell an adult?" (Wiseman 76).
S-The general topic of this passage is to inform girls about when they know if someone is bullying them.
O-The content of this passage happens worldwide. It can happen to anyone at any given moment, place, or by any person.
A-This text is directly for girls who are being bullied or think they are being bullied by another person.
P-The speaker's reason for writing this is so that girl's know when they are being bullied.
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Agression in Girls
ReplyDelete"Try as them might, most girls can't erase the natural impulses toward anger that every human being knows. Yet the early research on aggression turned the myth of the "good," nonaggressive girl into fact: The first experiments on aggression were performed with almost no female subjects... Most psychologists looked for direct aggressions like punching, threatening, or teasing... seen through the eiyes of scientists, the social lives of girls appeared still and placid as lakes" (Simmons 20).
S- The general topic is that girls, although may seem nice on the outside, still fooled many psychologists into thinking that girls harnessed no agression whatsoever.
O- Agression in girls is everywhere, and can happen anytime.
A- This text is for parents and teachers, who may think that the girls in class are the nicest, but may be wrong by the image the girls emit.
P-The speaker's reason for writing this is so that parents and teachers know that there are deeper levels to a girl, and she hides more on the inside than may seem. Although girls fooled many psychologists, the author wants to show that the nicest girls to adults can be the nastiet to their peers.
"Girls will begin summoning the strength to confront alternative aggressions when we chart them out in their various shapes and forms, overt and covert. We need to freeze those fleeting moments and name thmed so that girls are no longer besieged by doubt about what's happening, so that they no longer believe it's their fault when it does" (Simmons 37).
ReplyDeleteS-The general topic is that when a bully uses alternative aggression against a victim, the victim feels it is her fault that someone is bullying her. So, in order for the girl to not feelo at fault, adults and teachers should see this alternative aggression and punish the bully.
O-Alternative aggression in girls can happen anywhere at anytime.
A-This passage is directed at an audience for parents and teachers, to let them know that an evil eye or being ignored makes the victim feel at fault, and once seen, needs to be taken action to. In addition, this passage is for girls who feel as if the reason they are being bullied is that they are at fault, not the bully.
P- The speaker's reason for writing this is so that girls who are victims of bullying realize that they are not at fault, and to tell parents and teachers that alternative aggression is not something to turn away from, but a condition to address and not take lightly.
S- The speaker is a woman, in her late twenties or early thirties, and is trying to educate the world of the hidden aggression girls harbor, and the fault the victims feel, because she once was a victim of bullying.
Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers
ReplyDelete"For youth-directed organizations, institutions, and systems, the shift in focus was not immediate; in fact, it evolved over several decades. But as society in general moved from being a relatively stable and cohesive adult community intent on caring for the needs of the young to a free-for-all of independent and fragmented adults seeking their own survival, individual adolescents found themselves in a deepening hole of systemic rejection. This rejection, or abandoment, of adolescents is the root of the fragmentation and calloused distancing that are the hallmarks of the adolescent culture." (Clark 33)
S - The subject in this passage is the shift of how adults that had cared for children are now letting their children be independent and fend for themselves.
O - The occasion in this passage is an observation that occurs worldwide.
A - The audience in this passage is the parents of the adolescent.
P - The purpose of this passage is to inform the parents of adolescents that being independent affects their children in ways they don't understand.
S - The speaker is a man, perhaps between his late twenties and early thirties, who is trying to educate his readers on teenager's feelings on life.
Hi this is Samantha Nguyen again. I forgot the "S" on the end of "SOAPS."
ReplyDeleteS (for the first quote)- The speaker is not identified in the passage. However, I was able to identify the speaker as the author based on the types of words and language she uses.
S (for the second quote)- In the passage, the speaker is not directly identified. However, based on the context of the passage, I was able to identify the speaker as the author.
Hurt by Chap Clark
ReplyDelete“These kids are no different from when I was a kid. They are just more indulged today. And they have more options-from sports to money to the Internet. Kids today are just a more spoiled breed of us when we were young” (Clark 23).
S: The subject is about how present day teenagers are the same and different then teenagers in the past.
O: The author presents a declaration of how teenagers act and explains to parents how to understand their teenager.
A: The author writes this book to well-educated adults who have teenagers and are trying to understand their kids.
P: The author wants to have the audience to start thinking about problems they did not know existed with their child. Clark conveys the purpose and tries to start arguments to fully understand the mind of teenagers.
S: The speaker is a middle age parent who wants to tell people about the changes of teenagers so other parents can help their child and appreciate them.
“When culture affirms that someone has individuated in terms of identity, is willing to take responsibility for his or her life and choices, and has entered interdependently into the community and adult relationships, that person is said to be an adult” (Clark 29).
S: The subject is trying to truly define adolescence.
O: The author is writing a definition of knowing what the real definition of adolescence is or if there is not really a definition.
A: The author is trying to get the attention of adults who don’t fully understand their kids and need to start off with the basics.
P: The author wants the audience to know the facts and put them to use when having to solve difficult problems with their teenager.
S: The speaker is a well-educated, middle aged male who is well off. He has a lot of experience with teenagers and did a lot of research to figure about the process of adolescents.
Hurt by Chap Clark
ReplyDelete“During this time, the biggest change affecting adolescents was the shift in focus for adult systems and institutions. Until the late 1960s, adult-led organizations and structures were primarily focused on caring for the individual as well as corporate needs of adolescents. Youth sports, activities, education, and even religious movements saw each young person as a gift to be cared for and cherished. But as society began to unravel, adults found themselves trying to find a safe place, a haven of security and rest. No longer was there energy and health available for giving to others. Instead, adults waged a fight for emotional and relational survival, and this in turn spilled over into the developmental longings of adolescents.
“For youth-directed organizations, institutions, and systems, the shift in focus was no immediate; in fact, it evolved over several decades. But as society in general moved from being a relatively stable and cohesive adult community intent on caring for the needs of the young to a free-for-all of independent and fragmented adults seeking their own survival, individual adolescents found themselves in a deepening hole of systemic rejection. This rejection, or abandonment, of adolescents is the root of the fragmentation and calloused distancing that are the hallmarks of adolescent culture. The evidence for and the eventual consequences of this trend are the basis of this book” (32-33).
S: The subject is the cause and the resulting issues with the fragmentation and change in adolescent culture.
O: This takes place in 21st century modern day society in America. It criticizes abandonment of young adults and its resulting consequences in life today.
A: This is directed towards parents and others who directly influence teenagers. They are adults of moderate income who are open to new ideas on adolescents in the hopes to learn and benefit from the new information.
P: The speaker writes to criticize society’s mistakes resulting in adolescent fragmentation and urges readers to fix their mistakes. He explains how adults have failed to care for their children and shows them the reality their neglect has brought. He wants a determined, motivated reaction of readers who are willing to reform.
S: The speaker is Chap Clark, a middle-aged father and researcher with prior beliefs and knowledge of teenage society. His beliefs and personal knowledge create bias and makes pure conclusions on new observations difficult. His information is based on his own observations and believes teenage society has changed for the worse and is critical of how it was caused. He wants a restoration of order in society.
Boys Adrift:
ReplyDelete"If kids start school two years later and are taught material when they are developmentally prepared to learn, kids are less likely to hate school. If kids don't hate school, it's easier to get them to learn. If kids do hate school, as many American boys do, then the teacher is starting out with a major handicap before even stepping into the classroom" (Sax 21).
S~ The subject in this brief excerpt is showing parents the consequences of starting their boys in school at too young of an age.
O~ The occasion in this passage is a situation that happens all over the world when a child is sent to school before they are mentally prepared.
A~The audience is not directly identified in this passage; however, this statement was an answer to a mother that was having trouble with her kindergarten boy, who already hates school.
P~The purpose of this statement is to show parents of all races that it is a major disadvantage to their child if they are enrolled in school before they are mentally ready.
S~In this passage the speaker is not directly identified; however, due to prior knowledge one is able to identify the speaker as the author. Assumptions which can be made about the speaker are that he strongly believes in holding a child back and waiting til they are mentally ready to start school.
Queen Bees and Wannabees
ReplyDelete"Technology can be your friend if you use it to strengthen your communication with other parents. If you have friended them on facebook, it will be a lot harder for girls to exploit information vacuums between parents because there wont be any. This weapon, however must be used strategically. You want your daughter to be slightly paranoid that you have the capacity to keep in touch with other patents but you don't want her freaked out that she's countersneaks or doesn't tell you her problems because she's so worried you're going to immediately sit down and fire off a nasty email to some other person.
When you have a teenager your gaol is to keep one step ahead of them. This has been and always will be the goal. Likewise, teens will always be looking for the next way to pull one over on you. Don't take it personally. And remember, a small degree of fear and paranoia can literally save your child's life." pg.. 35
S:The general ideas in this text influences how parents can use technology as a weapon against their kids.
O:The occasion of this context is todays americans teens acting ignorant because of how society has shaped them. The author has been observing the teens of today and declaring an issue with their actions and choices.
A:The author is directing this toward middle aged mothers or fathers with daughters in adolescent ages. An assumption made about this group is they're having trouble getting through to their daughters.
P:The purpose of this quote is to recognize how kids today are using technology against their parents and how to stop it. The author tries to spark emotion in the audience by telling them their child is breaking their rules and how they're doing it. This makes the reader want to act on their child's and make them do the right thing.
S:The voice is a most likely a middle aged women who has a teenage daughter or simply remembers what it was like to be one. The speaker is the same person telling the story because this is a manual not a novel or short story. The speaker is someone who wants to inform and help parents. She believes teenagers today are not well behaves. She is observative and also a strong public speaker towards parents and kids.
A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence
ReplyDelete"All over the country the pattern is the same, the gathering up of young people, the leaving of adults to seperate worlds, not to be brought together again until evening. Briefcases, diaper bags, and backpacks, the totems of modern society, are lined up ready to grab as family members dash outside with a fleeting hope that they are adequately prepared for the day. Front doors open and shut, families disperse, rush, rush rushing to get going, to get there- wherever-on time. Nobody stands at the door and waves at anybody else-everybody is on the run. By 8:30 A.M., neighborhoods stand still and silent, hollow monuments to family life...Day after day, month after month, year after year, run past the kids waiting at the buses...a changing group of individuals, the same scene- a vague mass of kids growing up in a world that rushes past them until one of them steps out of the shadows and demands attention by doing something extraordinary or troubling, outrageous or awful. The rest of the time, especially for the average, everyday kid who goes along not making waves, the grown-up world doesn't pay much attention. Adults, burned out by the years of day care arrangements, are happy the kids are old enough to be on their own. Besides most believe adolescents prefer being left alone. In the calm, everybody just goes about his or her life." (Hersch 11)
S: Teens feel like they are not valued or “paid attention to” enough by their families.
O: This is a memory, observation, and critique because she is recalling her observations about the teenagers she watched but in a way she is also criticizing the way they and their families live their lives. The larger occasion is how the average teen does not interact enough with his/her family and it is not only their fault. The immediate occasion is how the kids at this school are constantly rushing around in their lives and their families are doing the same.
A: This excerpt is intended for middle class families of high school teens. Also, it seems to be intended for working parents because of the way the author describes the rushing in their lives.
P: The purpose is to inform the intended audience about what is actually going on in their hectic lives. The author is trying to make the reader realize how sad and almost pathetic it is that families do not pay enough attention to their teenage children. She is almost trying to shock the reader into considering if this is actually how their life is and they just didn’t realize it.
S: This is written in first person because the author describes how she herself has observed these bad family habits. The speaker seems to be an educated, yet working class woman who is very observant. The speaker and the author are the same person because this text is basically recorded observations followed by analysis. The speaker’s view on these observations are obviously not positive and almost depressed.
"Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman
ReplyDelete"Stop and Strategize: as soon as you hear this, go somewhere quiet and breathe. Remember, your child is not the worst child in the world and you aren't the worst parent. She has made a big mistake, and it's up to you to make this an opportunity for her to see your values in action. Do not think about how much more or less guilty the boy or your daughter's friend is. Your daughter was involved- that's all you need to know. Now think, where can you talk to her where you the best chance of her listening to you? If at all possible, both parents are there but no one else(74).
S: The subject of this passage is to enlighten parents that there child misbehaving is not a marker of their bad parenting, nor is it necessarily a completely bad experience, and how they can put a positive spin on the negativity.
O: The occasion of this piece is when a girl misbehaves for the first time and the new parents do not know how to cope with this unsettling ordeal. Specifically, it is talking about a few girls who paid a boy to ask out an ugly girl in school.
A: The audience is young, inexperienced parents who do not know how to deal with their daughter's blossoming insubordination.
P: The purpose is to show that is not your fault that your daughter misbehaved, not is your child the spawn of satan. It tells parents that everyone misbehaves from time to time and it is a normal thing to happen.
S: The speaker is the highly educated, former judo instructor, teacher, professor, mother, and therapist Mrs. Rosalind Wiseman.
Queen Bees & Wannabes
ReplyDelete“Before I go any further, I want to make clear that I don’t think there’s anything wrong per se with cliques or groups. Girls tend to have a group of girlfriends with whom they feel close, and often these friendships are great. They can be themselves, share secrets, hang out, and act silly, and have confidence that they will be supported no matter what. Having said that, the way girls group together can sow the seeds for cruel competition for popularity and social status.
Why is that? Because girls, like all of us, are vulnerable to being controlled by the power of the group. Equally common is conflict or power struggles between individuals within the group. This is why what I speak and write about isn’t simply addressing the issues of girls being nice or friends with one another. I don’t care if girls are nice. What I’m talking about is how we maintain our ethics and moral compass when we are in a group. I don’t care if you’re in third grade, sixth grade, the principal of a school, or the president of a country. How does the group respond when an individual within it believes the group is acting unethically? What will the price of speaking out be? What will the price of silence be? Will the person be seen as disloyal and kicked out? I believe it is through understanding your relationship to the group and your right to speak out within it that girls develop their ethics and moral courage, ability to think critically, and belief that their actions can affect change.” (80-81).
Subject: The excerpt is about the effects of cliques and the qualities of an unhealthy clique.
Occasion: The tendency to create cliques and hierarchies has always been present in human nature, but the author refers specifically to twenty-first century America in girls from elementary school to high school.
Audience: This excerpt is directed toward overbearing parents with daughters anywhere between elementary school and high school.
Purpose: The author wrote this portion to explain her personal opinions about young girls’ social tendencies and to persuade parents to take more action in their daughters’ lives to make her become more morally correct.
Speaker: The author speaks as herself, an educator for young girls, with plenty of experience in dealing with drama at various schools across the country.
"On the surface, the adolescent world appears to be relatively stable and healthy. Yet beneath the calm waters presented by positive empirical data there is turmoil that is difficult, painful, lonely, and even harmful to our young. Even among those who argue that adolescents are basically fine, virtually no one would question the need young peoplem and especially adolescents, have for adults who are available, care, and come to them without a hidden or self-centered agenda, The fact is that adolescents need adults to become adults, and when adults are not present and involved in theit lives, they are force to figure out how to survive." (Clark 42)
ReplyDeleteS - The subject of this passage is how the adolescent world is different than what it appears to.
O - The occasion is the modern day world. This is an observation of teenagers and the feeling that they harbour on the inside.
A - The audience is the parents or any adults who come into contact with adolescents. He is trying to explain that teenagers contain feelings that are both good and bad.
P - The purpose of this passage is to inform the adults that come into contact with adolescents that even though they may look completrly fine on the outside, they are feeling something completely different internally.
S - The speaker is a man, most likely past the adolescent state and is educating his readers about teenagers and their numerous emotions.
Queen Bees Wannabes
ReplyDeleteBefore so many fifth graders had cell phones, if a girl wanted to go home she would have to call from a landline in your house. You would know what was going on and you wouldn't be surprised when an upset parent knocked on your door because their daughter called them from the bathroom crying. Now chances are that you'll be blindsided. Or there's always the possiblilty you won't know until a few days later when you find out there's been a flurry of e-mails between parents in your community about how horrible the girls were at your house.(Wiseman 65)
S-The subject of this passage is when your daughter has a sleepover with her friends and she and a few of the friends makes on of the other girls feel unwanted and down on herself to the point she cries and calls her parents.
O-The occasion of this piece happening is worldwide, multiple girls experience this.
A-The audience of this passage is girls parents, unaware of the conversations girls have about eachother.
P-The purpose of this passage is to let parents know what your daughter may be doing to another girl her own age, trying to fit in with the "cool" girls.
Queen Bees and Wannabes
ReplyDeleteSupport school administrators and educators when they take a strand- especially when your child has been identified as part of the problem. back them up parents start the rumor mill. and if you think the school personal are part of the problem at least demand that people demonstrate civil thoughtful disagreement. Bee very, very nice to your school's custodians, is often the most unappreciated person in the building. (Wisemen, 45)
S:The subject is to get parents involved with their daughter's school.
O: The occasion is how parents should react when the child has a problem in school.
A: The audience is for parents adults trying to reach out to their daughters.
P: The purpose of the exert is to have parents understand both sides of a student teacher arrangement
S:The speaker is a Skilled physcologist who is well informed on her subjects.
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ReplyDeleteOdd Girl Out
ReplyDelete“The desire for connection propels children into friendship, while the need for recognition and power ignites competition and conflict. My point is that if all children desire these things, will come to them, and into learning how to acquire them, on the culture’s terms, that is, by the rules of how girls and boys are supposed to behave.
When I began this journey three years ago, I wanted to write so that other bullied girls would know they were not alone. As I spent more and more time with the girls, I realized I was also writing to know that I was not alone. I would so discover that the bullying I endured in third grade was only the tip of the iceberg. I discovered that I harbored pain and confusion over many relationships in my childhood." (Simmoons 9)
S: The subject is to express how girls and even boys will do anything to feel accepted or have a connection with people who they feel are the right friends for them.
O: The occasion is that it's happening around the world, with all types of children.
A: The audience would be mothers and teens who might have experienced this before in their life.
P: The purpose of this quote is to express what the author's main concern is and what the book will mostly be talking about.
S: The speaker is a well taught writer who knows alot upon this subject.
Nick Sweeting
ReplyDeleteBoys Adrift: by Leonard Sax
"Trying to teach five-year-old boys to learn to read and write may be just as inappropriate as it would be to try and teach three-year-old girls to read and write. Timing is everything, in education as in many other fields. It's not enough to teach well. You have to teach well to kids who are ready to learn, kids who are developmentally "ripe" for learning. Asking five-year-old boys to learn to read-when they'd rather be running around or playing games-may be the worst possible introduction to school, at least for some boys" (Sax 18).
S- The subject of this passage is that boys cannot be forced to learn. Everyone learns at different paces and kids only understand things when they are ready to learn.
O- The occasion of the excerpt is an argument to show why children in kindergarten cannot learn when they are not mentally ready.
A- The audience of this paragraph is directed towards parents across the globe with children having trouble trying to stay intact in school.
P- The author's purpose for writing the text is to show the difficulties of school and address possible reasons for the way the children act and feel.
S- The speaker of the book is the author, Leonard Sax, who is a doctor helping out children and parents all over the globe.
Boys Adrift
ReplyDelete"The accelerationofthe early elementary curriculum, withs its emphasis on phonics and reading drills, by itself might have well created a minor gender crisis in education. But unfortunately this acceleration is not the only major change in education over the past 30 years. Education has changed in two other substanital ways that have ecxacerbated gender differences" (Sax 27).
S-the subject of this excerpt is how many elementary schools are beginning to drill literature into the minds of young students at a more accelerated pace and this has created a gender crisis.
O-the ocassion is for parents to realize that their childs difficulty in school may be due to the lack of time he or she is given to understand the material they are learning.
A-this paragraph is mainly directed at the parents who currently have children in elementary school.
P-the purpose is to inform readers that kids should be able to take their time in the early steps of learning and that schools should not rush their progress.
S-the speaker is Dr. Leonard Sax who is a physician that travels to different country to speak to concerned parents about their sons lack of motivation in school.
Jamie Yu
ReplyDeleteQueen Bees and Wannabes
Do You Have the Right to Check Your Daughter's Text Messages/Facebook Page/Etc..?
"Yes, you do. That said, don't do it every night because your daughter dos deserve some privacy. There are only a few specific times I think you should preemptively check:(1) when you have made plans to be out of town and she isn't coming with you. You need to do this because cell phones and Facebook are the de facto ways teens get the word out about parties. If you are unclear about what I am referring to, please skip to Chapter 11, 'Sex, Drugs, Alcohol, and Partying in Girl World.'
(2) When her behavior is really frightening you/causing concern and she won't tell you whats going on." (Wiseman 33).
Subject: The general topic in the passage is whether parents have the right to check a daughter's social outlets and/or if doing this is invading the daughter's privacy too much.
Occasion: The occasion of the text is a declaration that parents do have the right in certain circumstances to invade their daughter's privacy. The passage is an immediate occasion because it is meant to capture parents' attentions who are debating whether to check text messages and facebook and trigger a response.
Audience: The audience of the passage is directed toward parents who could possibly be wondering if it IS okay to check a daughter's text messages/facebook.
Purpose: Wiseman's purpose in including the passage is to inform inexperienced or concerned parents that it is normal for them to check a daughter's social outlets such as facebook or text messages under certain circumstances like being out of town without your daughter or your daughter acing strangely without telling you anything.
Speaker:The speaker is the author, Rosalind Wiseman. The passage clearly shows Wiseman's thoughts on giving a daughter social privacy. The speaker as the author possibly has or has had a teenage daughter and has done research on the subject.
Queen Bees and Wannabees
ReplyDelete“Your daughter lives in two worlds simultaneously-the real world and the virtual world. In her mind, they are interconnected. What happens in one impacts the other, and vice versa.” (22)
S- The book is a parenting book for mothers of teen girls.
O- This story is set in the time of the new technology. The author discusses in many different sections about how cell phones and the internet are used to be rude and mean towards others.
A- The text is mainly directed towards the parents. Throughout the sections, the author gives them tips in allowing the parents to connect with their daughters.
P- The author has experience with girls and how they are acting through their teen years. She has decided to share what she has learned with other parents so that families can be reconnected and have stronger bonds.
S- The speaker is the author. She is a woman who seems to have parenting experience and has dealt with the problems discussed. She seems to be around forty years old and is in the middle class.
“They know little to nothing about people outside of their group and are reluctant to admit what the do to put other girls down. In contrast, the girls on the outside usually know a lot about what’s going on with the popular girls.” (85)
S- The book is a parenting book that allows parents to learn what their daughter’s lives are really like.
O- The story takes place right now in the age of technology. The book is a description and an observation of what she has seen in the schools she has been to. The issue in this section was the way cliques influence girls today.
A- The text is directed at informing the parents of how friends and groups and divided in schools. It also shows how the girls treat members of groups that they are not a part of.
P- The author is trying to show the parents that they need to be involved in their daughter’s lives. And that they need to be aware of how girls treat other girls, so that they can help their daughter to overcome these struggles.
S- The author is the speaker in this story and she has a lot of experience working in schools and with teen girls. She seems to have a family of her own and be a happy and helpful woman of about forty.
Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers
ReplyDeleteAlthough academics argue over whether empirically verifiable statistics can help us to understand what is going on in the world is different from when most of them were in high school. Whenever I allowed those in their late thirties and older to reflect on what has changed, how kids are different, not once did someone reject that premise. What poured out of everyone was a rationale or at least an observable symptom of the changes. Again, almost always something or someone was to blame for the changes: the media, parents, the educational system, Vietnam, post-cold war society, a lack of religious conviction, a loss of family values, or a myriad of other demonizing forces. But there was never a doubt that change had indeed occurred and that today’s adolescents are clearly a different breed.
Within the span of a few short decades, adolescence changed from a relatively brief two-to-three-year period to a five-year process with two distinct stages: early and late adolescence. The details and reasons behind it are beyond the scope of this book, but somewhere in the late 1960s, a massive social upheaval occurred that altered the social landscape of all segments of American society. There are different labels for the changes that took place and several opposing theories regarding why it happened, but for the purposes of this study, I will simply affirm that this was a watershed time for our culture in how it affected adolescence as a stage of the life span.
The most important issue regarding the adolescent landscape and task was the culture-wide social shift that took place during this time that influenced the young both directly and indirectly. The direct impact was related to how the systems, structures, organizations, and institutions that were designed to nurture and care for the young were affected by these changes. The indirect impact of these years was related to how the internal mechanisms associated with developmental processes affected the psyche and inner security of adolescents. (Clark 30-31)
S: Adults aren’t realizing that their generation isn’t the only kind; that as the years go by adolescents are changing in all different ways and though we may all be the same physically, emotionally and mentally we have evolved from our parents and grandparents.
O: Adolescence and when those years begin and dissolve into adulthood are completely different from a couple of centuries ago
A: The audience is mostly adults who have children and are having trouble understanding them and why they don’t act similarly to the way they did. Not only that but adults who are willing to listen, probably have their first/a troublesome child, and are completely desperate.
P: The reason these paragraphs/book were written is to further examine and help people who are struggling to understand today’s recent youth.
S: The speaker/narrator is a man who seems willing to listen yet still seems to be grasping that adult point of view rather than completely embarking on an adventure of adolescence.
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ReplyDeleteBoys Adrift:
ReplyDelete"If kids start school two years later and are taught material when they are developmentally prepared to learn, kids are less likely to hate school. If kids don't hate school, it's easier to get them to learn. If kids do hate school, as many American boys do, then the teacher is starting out with a major handicap before even stepping into the classroom" (Sax 21).
S:The subject of this excerpt is to show the reader what to do to make boys like school more.
O:The occasion of this excerpt is an observation of how boys react with the different environments around school.
A:This text is directed towards the parents of teen boys attending school who have no motivation.
P:The author's reason for writing this excerpt is to show parents that starting school later will make boys like school more.
S:The author is considered the speaker in this excerpt because he is telling parents what to do to make their boys like school more.
A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence
ReplyDelete"The route he takes to popularity is another matter. His audacity is what strikes his teachers... He is the class clown, irrepressible, funny, outgoing, spontaneous, with a devil-may-care attitude that is the bane of his teachers at the same time it makes them smile inside. In a school environment where attitude often reeks with the threat of real violence, he is comic relief-an irritant, not a threat, to his teachers. Just last week, for example, he got detention for coming late to detention assigned for being late (again) for a class. But his goofiness feels familiar, like a throwback to simpler days. In a school where the system of discipline is overloaded with more serious offenses, a kid like Brendon gets away with behaviors that harm mostly himself by denying him the lessons fo better self control and adherence to standards."
S: In this passage, the subject is mainly about how the behavior of some is mainly to get the attention of peers and not to harm anyone.
O: Brendon, while in high school, is acting out to gain attention.
A: The audience of this passage is directed at teachers explaining these behaviors.
P: Its purpose is basically saying not to react. This kind of behavior is much less threatening compared to bigger issues, for example, drugs.
S: The speaker of this passage is the narrator, who seems like she spent a lot of time following and learning about the behaviors of teenagers.
Hurt-Chap Clark
ReplyDelete"Adolesents have been cut off for far too long from the adults who have the power and experience to escort them into a greater society. Adolesents have been abandoned. They have, therefore, created their own world, a world that is designed to protect themselves from the destructive forces and wiles of the adult community" (Clark 20).
"What poured out of everyone was a rationale or at least an observable symptom of the changes. Again, almost always something or someone was to blame for the changes: the media, parents, the educational system, Vietnam, port-cold war society, a lack of religious conviction, a loss of family values, or a myriad of other demonizing forces" (Clark 30).
S: The general topic of these excerpts is that teenagers have changed dramastically and how adolesents have been shoved away by society.
O: Most of this excerpt is an observation on how teenagers are being treated in the world. The broad issue is that because teenagers act different, they are automatically being severed from the rest of society. One immediate occasion that fires up the author occurs when he explains how adolesents are becoming mistreated.
A: The audience that this is intented for is parents of teenage kids. Parents may be wondering why their teenager is acting different, although they will find that most teenagers are having the same difficulties and struggles.
P: The speaker's reason for writing the text is to educate parents and society how and why adolesents act differently. An intended effect of writing this would be to explain and display the new statistics on teenagers. Also to show parents that teenagers act differently from when they were a child.
S: The speaker is the author, Chap Clark. He is a middle-aged man who has had experience in studying teens. He believes that teenagers should not be judged because they are going through a tough time and have not quite figured out who they exactly are yet.
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ReplyDeleteQueen Bees and Wannabes
ReplyDelete"You may be worried that if you tell, the situation will get worse. The bully may have even told you that as a way to keep you quiet. So let's break it down. If you don't tell, do you think the person will stop being mean to you or hurting you? In my experience, bullies don't stop because you cooperate. They know that they don't know the problem. That said, you have to be smart about whom you tell because some adults are better than other adults at knowing how to handle probelms" (Wiseman 76).
S: This passage talks about how girls who are being bullied need to talk to an informative adult about their problems so that they don't get out of hand.
O: This situation can occur at anytime throughout anyone's life. It does not matter where you are from or how old you are, there will always be bullies.
A: This passage is mainly for teenage girls who may be experiencing this situation but it can also be for parents to read.
P: The writer wants the reader to understand that ignoring a problem does not make it go away and that additional help may be needed.
S: The speaker is the narrator who has a lot of experience with both parents and children.
"As soon as you hear this, go somewhere quiet and breathe. Remember, your child is not the worst child in the world and you aren't the worst parent. She has made a big mistake, and it's up to you to make this opportunity for her to see your values in action" (Wiseman 74).
S: This passage informs parents that when your child makes a bad choice in life, like being mean to another person, that the parents and child are not failures. That it is normal and could be used as a learning experience.
O: The passage is for parents of children from the ages of eight to eighteen.
A: This text is directed at the parents of the mean child.
P: The author is trying to help the parent understand that just because their daughter is not acting like a good person now, she can still change.
S: The speaker is the narrator who has a lot of experience with both parents and children.
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"In spite of the rhetoric and wishful thinking that adolescent life has not changed all that much, the vast majority of adults believe that there is something different going on in the world of today's adolescents. In hundreds of casual and formal conversations I have and with adults, when it comes to nailing down what is truly happening with young people in our society, nearly everyone agreed that the rapid and in many ways severe changes in the last few decades have created new challenges, issues, and dilemmas for adolescents." (27)
" The emerging adolescent seeks to embark on a new journey in development, assert his or her distinctiveness, and move toward an internal locus of control, while at the same time remaining relationally connected as an ongoing member of the family system and the community." (28)
S: What is happening in the lives of today's adolescence.
O: The passages are a compilation of observations of the teenage society. The author explores both perspectives one being a modern teenager and the other being the adults and caretakers of these teenagers.
A: This text is directed towards the adults that are involved in any teenager's life. This audience most likely views today's adolescence in a disparaging way.
P: The purpose of the excerpst are to reveal that the common adult view of a teenager might not be a very accurate assumption. The speaker is trying to open the minds of people who put all teenagers in one category neglecting the fact that there are many aspects to the modern adolescent .
S:The speaker is the author, Chap Clark. He is a middle-aged man who has devoted time in researching and observing teenagers. He wants to clearly give both an adult and teenage perspective.
Hurt by Chap Clark
ReplyDelete"These kids are no different from when I was a kid. They are just more indulged today. And they have more options-from sports to money and the Internet. Kids today are just a more spoiled breed of us when we were young" (Clark 23).
S: The subject of this passage is focused on the perspective of the adult stating that kids today are no different than previous generations, except their resources have become more advanced.
O: The quote focuses on the present day teenager in comparison to past decades and even centuries of adolescent youth.
A: In particular, the above quote is geared toward parents and guardians of teenagers in today's present world as a way to enlighten and inform them, as well as educate them in areas that seem blurry and hard to manage.
P: It is to help parents grasp a better understanding on their maturing child; it is a helpful tool for a parent to either take something away or choose to go with their gut. This quote gives an alternative opinion on today's teenagers, something either the parent can agree or disagree with to make unique to their own situation and child.
S: The narrator of this quote and book is Chap Clark.
"Adolescence, then, is a psychosocial, independent search for a unique identity or separteness, with the end goals being a certain knowledge of who one is in relation to others, a willingness to take responsibility for who one is becoming, and a realized commitment to live with others in a community" (Clark 28).
S: The subject of this quote is about teenagers stepping into adulthood and the major responsibilities that come with that hefty title.
O: This quote again takes place in today's present world, looking back slightly on the differences between the past and the present.
A: The above quote is again directed toward the parents of teenagers in today's society facing conflict and challenges.
P: The reason for this quote in the selection is to emphasize what most adults view adulthood to be and why there is a distinction between child and adult, but still not addressing adolescence.
S: Again, Chap Clark is expressing his opinions in this quote by quoting developmental psychologist John Santrock.
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ReplyDeleteOdd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
ReplyDelete"Girls may try to avoid being alone at all costs, including remaining in an abusive friendship. 'You don't want to walk alone at recess,' a sixth grader explained when I asked why she wouldn't stay away from a mean friend. 'Who are you going to tell your secrets to? Who are you going to help and stuff like that?' An eighth grader, recalling a television documentary, remarked plaintively, 'If a female lion is alone, she dies. She has to be part of the group.'
As girls mature, the prospect of being seen alone by others becomes just as daunting. They know that "perfect girls" have "perfect relationships." 'Walking through a hall and feeling like everyone's looking at you is the worst,' a Linden ninth grader told me. 'People who are alone are pitied and no one wants to be pitied. They're secluded. Something's wrong with them. Being seen as a loner is one of our biggest fears.' Driven by the fear of exclusion, girls cling to their friends like lifeboats on the shifting seas of school life, certain that to be alone is the worst horror imaginable.
Everyone child, boy or girl, desires acceptance and connection. Most boys would not prefer or even tolerate being alone. Yet as girls grow up, friendship becomes as important as air, and they describe the punishment of loneliness in dramatic terms. 'I was so depressed,' Sarah explained. 'I sat in class with no friends. Everything I cared about completely crumbled.' A fifth grader said of her solitude,'It was like my heart was breaking'" (Simmons 32-33).
S- The subject of this quote is about the things girls are willing to do and put up with just to be accepted or to stay in a group.
O-The acts girls do to fit in can happen at any school world wide. This quote is very much like a description/ observation about girls struggles to fit in.
A- This text is directed towards parents and children, preferably girls, who are struggling to fit into a group. It is also for the girls who hurt themselves by trying to protect themselves from the fear or loneliness.
P- The speaker's reason for writing this is so that parents and their children, mostly girls, understand that they are not alone when it comes to the struggles of fitting into a group. The text is written to help parents and girls understand why they do the things they do to fit in. It teaches parents how to understand why their child is sometimes engaging in hurtful things because they want to fit in.
S- The speaker is a women probably around her mid 50's. She is probably a mother of girls and is trying to express her curiosity of girls through the book. The speaker probably agrees with the fact that girls do irrational things to avoid loneliness.