A month ago I went to a bar in Madison with my mother and uncle while we were in town to see Hair, during which I poured my heart out about youth rights over loud energetic jazz and college students talking. We discussed a number of things, the biggest topics being education because my mother [...]
Archive for the ‘Agism’ Category
The Self-Destructive Adult
Posted in Agism, Parenting, tagged Agism, Amethyst Initiative, bad parenting, discussion, irresponsible adults, irresponsible children on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Meaning of the Barbed Wire and Other Things
Posted in Agism, Schools, tagged privacy, safety, strange on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something odd I’ve noticed–and others, I’m sure–is that there is barbed wire around the track field’s fence at my school. There isn’t anything important on the field that isn’t either too heavy to move or attached to the ground. Anything that is used there is actually locked up in the school, probably in the offices [...]
New Nextell Commercial Comments Less On Delivery, More on Young People as Property
Posted in Agism, Culture, Media, Schools, tagged commercial, human property, public thought, society, stupid, YouTube on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You read the title: it’s pretty self explanitory. The commercial is still pretty new, and I’ve only just now gotten around to posting about it. Just watch and be wowed:
It’s such a great example, and no self-filtering involved whatsoever! It’s so bad it’s good!
More On “Phantoms”
Posted in Agism, tagged bias, mental digestion, thought on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meade wrote about them here, but only now have I totally gotten the effect of “phantoms” in a social bias. I’ll start with a quote from the post, which explains what “phantom” means, and then explain the minor epiphany:
For children, there is no objective good. Often when people talk about protecting the innocence of children [...]
“Extreme” Texting: Bullshit Trend
Posted in Agism, Texting on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ABC has a story about “Extreme Texting”, but its really a nonissue. It is constantly enforced through the article that it doesn’t interfere with the texter’s life, but they still like to insinuate it, like this:
Despite their possible near addiction to their electronic companions, extreme-texting teenagers often say the phones do not get in the [...]
Contrasting Moods Within A Single Headline
Posted in Agism, Funny, tagged headline, sexting on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have any comments for the content of this article, but all I’d really like you to read is the headline. It is a very tiny snapshot of agist attitude in adults: one minute they can be very kind, but the next something a young person says to them gets them very frustrated. In [...]
“Torture Tone” Doesn’t Really Torture, Anyway
Posted in Agism, Legislation, tagged good news, the mosquito on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was very happy while reading this article: everything was dealt with properly. There was no question that the app was unfair and they got rid of it very quickly, but it’s a total shame that it isn’t even that annoying (I use the mosquito tone to wake up every morning, anyway). I mean, just [...]
Problem Students Appear to Become Problem Adults
Posted in Agism, Schools, Studies, tagged school on January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Tearaway teenagers prone to depression and divorce as adults” from The Guardian.
Tearaway teenagers identified by teachers as misbehaving at school are more likely to go on to experience difficulties in their adult lives, including depression and divorce, a major study has found.
Teenagers Being Tried As Adults
Posted in Agism, Mini-Adults, tagged crime, teenagers on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers should be tried as adults” from The Tennessean.
Should more teens be tried as adults? In this society, I have to say yes. It isn’t only teenagers that are committing more crime now, but even kids in elementary school.
A group of elementary school kids skip school constantly on my block, and have vandalized my house. [...]
Teenagers Using Drugs to Cope With School
Posted in Agism, Drugs, Education, Statistics, tagged coping, school, stress, teenagers on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers ‘turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress’” from The Telegraph, written by Kate Devlin.
An interesting stub in The Telegraph today, concerning teenagers using drugs. There are two places in it that I find interesting. The first is the statistics:
The study quizzed 172 15- and 16-year-olds preparing to sit their GCSEs about [...]
Adults Think Teenagers Are Like Society, but On a Smaller Scale
Posted in Agism, Mini-Adults, tagged violence, weapons on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Don’t carry knives: dead teen’s father” from The Age.
The grieving parents of a boy fatally stabbed in a fight on a Sydney train have made an emotional appeal for kids not to carry knives, saying their son was too young to die.
Andrew Motuliki, 17, was stabbed in the chest with a large fishing knife allegedly [...]
“A Spanking” and “A Beating”
Posted in Agism, How NOT To Raise Children, Quotation, tagged quote on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One day, after school, some friends and I were discussing the difference between beating a child and spanking a child. Unfortunately, it was the most awkward discussion, because I’m against it. Still, I didn’t feel like contributing, which I should have. But I did come up with a resolve that’s quotable:
When I grow up I [...]
Society Hates Teenagers, and They Know It
Posted in Agism, Role Model Youths, tagged good news, intolerance, public friction on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Are you afraid of teenagers?” from The Times, written by Hugo Rifkind and Kevin Maher.
“On the bus we always get dirty looks,” says the 13-year-old boy outside the cinema in Haringey, North London. Then he snorts. “People would rather stand up than sit next to me.”
“I’ve had that,” agrees his friend. “I sat on this [...]
A Cuter, Nicer Representation of Teenagers
Posted in Agism, Funny, tagged behavior, positive representation on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Why we mustn’t think the worst of teenagers” from The Times & Star.
MY niece was telling me about a worrying train trip to Glasgow recently.
She said that a man, in his 40s, at the table across the aisle, right before her eyes, took out some powder, started cutting it with his credit card and then, [...]
Car Key Stops Teenagers from Using Cellphones While Driving
Posted in Agism, Driving, tagged cellphones, hypocracy, technology on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Car key jams teen drivers’ cell phones” from Physorg.
Via “Car key prevents teenagers from using mobile phones while driving” from Slash Gear, written by Shawn Brown.
But only teenagers, because nobody else is guilty of talking while they drive, right?
Adults Try to Stop Teenagers from Getting Cancer from Tanning Beds, Don’t Do Anything to Stop Themselves
Posted in Agism, How NOT To Raise Children, Studies, tagged cancer, tanning on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Laws Governing Indoor Tanning by Teens Don’t Work” from The Washington Post, written by Kathleen Doheny.
MONDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) — Policies enacted by states to restrict and limit indoor tanning by children under 18 aren’t working, cancer researchers report.
That’s a worrisome trend, because ultraviolet radiation, whether from the sun or indoor tanning facilities, has [...]
Police Shooting of Greek Teenager Inspires Riots
Posted in Agism, Protests, tagged historical, riots, violence on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Athens Shooting: Officers Arrested” from Sky News.
“Riots tear across Greece” from the AFP via Google News.
“Angry Greeks wreak havoc after police kill teen” from the AFP via Google News.
Nearly 5,000 people rallied outside the National Museum close to where the teenage victim, Andreas Grigoropoulos, died late on Saturday.
Grigoropoulos was killed by shots fired from a [...]
Various News Items for December 12th, 2008
Posted in Agism, Role Model Youths, tagged variety on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve missed out on a few days of blogging–not in a row!–and I feel bad about doing that, because there’s at least one news story I can use each day out there. This is my attempt to make up for that.
Teenagers Were Throwing Fries at a Christmas Tree During Lunch, Somehow It’s Newsworthy
Posted in Agism, tagged behavior, bias, scapegoating on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers caught chucking chips at Christmas tree” from The Reporter.
Related: Misbehavior Becomes Criminal from Puerile Psyche.
A number of pupils from Rainhill High have been disciplined after they were caught lobbing chips at the village’s civic Christmas tree.
A local resident, who asked not to be named, claimed up to 30 teenagers in Rainhill High uniforms were [...]
What Teenagers Always Wanted to Tell Their Parents, But Haven’t: Helping Level the Power Struggle Between Teenagers and Their Parents?
Posted in Agism, Media, tagged abuse of power, Parenting on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“‘Communication is a two-way street’: Author bridges gap between teens and parents” from The Lake County News-Sun, written by Frank Abderholden.
[T]he two were having a heart-to-heart talk when he said, “There is something I’ve wanted to know since I was 12 or 13 years old. You’ve done everything for me, solved everything for me, but [...]
