Adolescence
How to Handle Final Exams
January 23rd, 2012 Posted by Jacob P. | Academics, Adolescence, Teen Perspective
This week, my school is beginning the final exams for the first semester. At my high school, semester-long classes must have a final at the end and year-long classes must have a midterm at the end of the first semester and a final exam at the end of the second. Like some students, Seniors are exempt from midterm and final exams if they have a 90 or above in the class (except for AP classes). Some schools have this rule apply to other grades as well, but it only applies to seniors at my high school. This being said,
Sleepovers on School Nights
January 13th, 2012 Posted by Jacob P. | Adolescence, Sleep, Teen Perspective
Tomorrow night, I will be hanging out at my friend's house to watch the BCS National Championship Game (specifically to watch LSU win). Because the game starts at 8:30 and it probably won't end to some time after 11 P.M., I am going to be spending the night at his house afterwards. This will be my first time sleeping over at a friend's house on a school night, so I thought I would post my thoughts on it.
- Sleepovers on school nights require mature children. Having a sleepover on a school night with young kids will result in an absolute
Tween Advice on Having Productive Lazy Days
January 9th, 2012 Posted by Sam P. | Adolescence, Entertainment, Tweens
Doesn't everybody love Sundays. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, and if you are smart, you already did your homework. But what happens when not having anything to do starts getting boring? You get fidgety and mom gets annoyed when you start literally picking at the paint on the wall. She then threatens to make you repaint the wall, so you keep picking because that would at least be something to do.
Well, those days are over. The number one thing I do when I get bored is call up a friend. Ask them if they want to hang out,
Well, those days are over. The number one thing I do when I get bored is call up a friend. Ask them if they want to hang out,
Responsibility and Consequences
December 9th, 2011 Posted by Ronald A. Rowe | Adolescence, Behavior, Elementary
Children learn early on in life that there are consequences to their choices. They also learn, despite our best efforts to the contrary, that they can avoid the consequences if they can deflect the responsibility. In my years of working with children, I’ve heard it all. “The teacher didn’t explain that right.” “Nobody told me.”
One 5th grader recently told me that the reason he failed his math test was that his teacher got the wrong answer. When I worked the problem with him on a calculator to show him his error, he said that the calculator must be wrong!
One 5th grader recently told me that the reason he failed his math test was that his teacher got the wrong answer. When I worked the problem with him on a calculator to show him his error, he said that the calculator must be wrong!
As adults, we tend to forget what it felt like to be a teenager. Think back - remember how your hair would never do what you wanted it to, while each morning you awoke to the appearance of another angry red pimple? What about that time your heart pounded so loudly, you wondered if everyone else could hear it? It happened while at your first high school dance, while on your first date, or that time when the teacher called on you, and you didn’t know the answer.
Life happens, and we age. Our problems become bigger. We have mortgages
Life happens, and we age. Our problems become bigger. We have mortgages
