Why The Humanities?
This is why we teach music: not because we expect you to major in music; not because we expect you to play or sing all your life. But so you will be human…
Adolescence: “Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.” ~ JB Priestley
Like millions of others, I have just finished the rather unsettling experience of watching Netflix’s Adolescence.
While there has been a great deal written about the technical aspects of the production, and the almost cliched but interesting contemporary themes such as the dark and tangled and impenetrable subtleties of teenage online life and what some critics have called “the impact of digital radicalisation”, as well as the more common and accessible anthems of the age: misogyny, toxic masculinity, bullying and each family’s almost internecine political complexities, there are other things to pay attention to in this fascinating series.
The Job Description of a Teenager
Almost every parent of a teenager will go through at least one tempestuous and turbulent period at some or other stage. Usually earlier with girls than with boys. But, it probably will come and sometimes – often – many more than one. It is, after, teens job description, to separate from their parents and find their own identity.