Back story: Most of my high school teachers graduated from the school. Many of them teach beside former enemies or ex's. Naturally, rumors would circulate. The majority were false, simple high school gossip. But then, there was one that wasn't. I heard the story of two teacher conversing about their issues. It was before I … Continue reading Rumors Made True →

Cameryn Jamison Throughout the process of diving into the conceptual conversations that came from analyzing novels that discussed childhood adolescence, I have ultimately stuck with the idea that this time of adolescence can mainly be summed up as a time for self discovery. Self discovery can come in so many shapes and forms and is … Continue reading The Journey To Self Discovery →

We have tried to define the term “adolescence” for almost four months.  Our discussions of biology and society have come up with a lot of creative definitions.  I came away with a working definition revolving the period in which an individual finds themselves. However, thinking about my past ten years, I am not sure I … Continue reading Am I Still an Adolescent? →

Adolescence is a term I was always familiar with, but never really sat down and thought about what it meant until I took this class. I want to first take a moment and look back at my own adolescence so far and what the biggest influences on shaping me into who I am today were. … Continue reading How Sports Impacted My Adolescence →

Katie Senko Throughout this course I have seen many different versions of adolescence, yet I still have major questions about the definition of that term. I still struggle to focus on defining adolescence with a standard definition. Being a woman, I feel that I took a larger notice of the female characters in the novels … Continue reading Defining Female Adolescence →

I keep mentioning in discussion boards, blogs, and class discussions the concept of identity, which is initially introduced to us through the first discussion board with defining adolescence. I defined adolescence as a time for finding one’s identity. The class then introduced the concept of autonomy within the context of Charlotte Temple. And I began … Continue reading Hair Me Out: Hair’s Impact on Adolescent Identity →

Why is success hard? Running at four in the morning, studying all day, running four plus companies. When I started middle school I thought about the concept of “success” for the first time. I used to watch motivational videos and get pumped thinking one day I’d be successful and famous. But it wasn’t until ninth … Continue reading Successful →

As I was listening to music the other day, the song Lonely by Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco started playing. Although I am not a huge Bieber fan, his song immediately made me think of our class, specifically the topic of adolescence as a time to discover oneself. Bieber’s new song touches on how certain … Continue reading Adolecence Is The Time to Discover Oneself →

– Anne Solomon (Blog 4) Throughout this semester, I have posted on this blog about many parts of adolescence including autonomy, friendship, and music. But one component of adolescence that I have yet to discuss is how teenagers are stereotyped as being dumb, selfish, and reckless while facing a changing position in the world and … Continue reading Adolescents: Growth under Pressure →

-Starr Church This whole semester has been focused on studying adolescence. Up until this point, it was never something I really thought about as adolescence is part of everyday life in our current society. However, the literature we analyzed this semester gave me a deeper understanding of the concept. The idea (or lack thereof) has … Continue reading The Evolution of Adolescence →