Stereotypes of Youth
Self-indulgent
Leslie Bogad discusses how Life Magazine read, adults assume youth to be selfish, and uninvested in more sophisticated concerns such as work, health, money.
Incomplete
"We come to know youth as incomplete, in-transition, finding themselves, hormone-driven, emotional, inexperienced, and always in opposition to the adults in their lives"
Mini versions of "us"
Discourses of adolescence development suggest that all young people must pass through stages en route to a more mature version of themselves. It is assumed that, what youth are what adults should of expect of them.
Reverend Erb to Ms. Steinberg is absurd about her "teaching a program that allows students to make decision." Steinberg goes on to state that adults don't like teenagers and assume them to be distrustful. Ms. Steinberg has devoted her career to teaching students motivating the young adults to become leaders, to be viewed as worthwhile, trustworthy, and brilliant.
Steinberg says adults fear youth from media hype. "Popular images of youth created a suspect society driven by desire and the ability to terrify adults." Then Leslie discusses that youth are understood as mysterious and puzzling to adults who would be shocked about their lives
Steinberg continues to discuss how over history conversations of youth reveal that they are a problem.
⇢⇢ Instead of defining youth as "mini us", we need to redefine youth as by seeing how youth define themselves. ⇠⇠
Hello Sam ! I completely agree with your blog! I love the use of pictures and gifs to add to the writing. The last line of your blog pulls me in when you say "mini us". It made me think about all the times growing up that adults would say "you look just like your mother" "You're a mini Patrica!" "You could be your moms twin when she was a child" These are comparisons we hear our whole lives. There are already regulations set up for adolescents before they even make the age to make their own choices.
ReplyDeleteSam--These are great, provocative images. Thinking back about Lesley's article, I wonder about that first GIF "forever young." It seems to be offering a general/ generic vision for all youth and a celebration of youth as party culture, but it's also a very narrow slice. Very white, blond. What kind of class/ culture is associated with those images?
ReplyDeleteWhoops--that was me, Victoria BTW. still figuring out this whole blogger thang :)
DeleteSam! Such a cute blog. I love all of the little clip art you put next to each paragraph. Your last quote I also added into my blog. I think that is a perfect example of how adults treat the youth.
ReplyDeleteHey Sam! The "mini us" quote is absolutely awesome. The youth should be the ones to make their own decisions and not told what to do with their lives by adults!
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