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.
Great start Jenna. I think you have a great starting point and I am very interested to read where you go with this. You say you are going to be looking at the role of teenagers in society and my blog will also touch on that at times so we can talk about our ideas regarding those topics.
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