Adults look back on their teen years with nostalgia. Younger kids look forward to the day they set foot in the big, grown-up high school and acquire new privileges like driving and later curfews. These are the greatest years of our lives.
So why is being a teenager so impossible?
My name is Jenna Stoehr. I am a teenager, and I am currently trying to figure out my place in the world. As a senior in high school, I think I can say that I’ve had quite a lot of face-to-face contact with my colleagues struggling through this difficult time. I’ve heard, seen and even experienced problems ranging from choir auditions to college admissions to getting a date for the Homecoming dance. Life isn’t easy, but sometimes it seems like teens get the worst of it; we’re too old to be coddled and given a hand to hold, but too young to enjoy the full freedoms of adulthood.
While I understand many of the more superficial problems of teens and the emotional struggles in everyday life, I would like to explore the teenage perspective on current global issues and literary ideas, as well as the role of teens in society.
I hope that this blog will be a learning experience for my readers as well as myself. I do not consider myself a grade-addicted brainiac, despite my rigorous class schedule. I am a relatively well-adjusted teen who enjoys many normal teenage things: hanging out with friends, listening to music, procrastinating on homework, etc. Yet I also have a somewhat intellectual side, and I think I can use a combination of my social teen experiences and academic spirit to make some new insights about life and the teenage mind.
