From: "Mark Weiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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> The problem with today's teenagers: no sense of irresponsibility.
>
> Well put, Chris.
> Mark
Thank you, I finally feel I was a model teenager (a tranche with my past has
been satisfactorily settled at a psychological level on this Sunday
morning), does it also work with adults?
I think it is all too complex, as the thread on _this should brighten your
day_ shows (thank you Mark, when I finally read your first mail yesterday I
did laugh and laugh). I also teach teenagers, and my limited studies on
astrology seem to be true, or by the same way, common wisdom: "Good wine
depends on the years". I have some very interested classes, smart people who
understand and follow me, I love teaching to them and look forward to; and
some other classes (by classes I mean from the first to the fifth _high
school they call it here - that is from 13 to 18_ who are a mess:
unreliable, they misunderstand what you told them, they might even turn on
you their problems and accuse you of them. Once my ex-headmistress, who is a
nun and about 78, told me that they are manipulated by some adults; which
might also be true, how many envious colleagues do we all have, parents who
do not like the fact that their _precious & unique son or daughter_ is
eternally insufficient, or barely sufficient? I know I didn't say anything
genial, I just cannot see any differences within our plain average times.
Anny Ballardini
http://www.fieralingue.it/poetcorner/index.php
If you go with rivers, not roads, the trip
takes longer and you weave and see a lot more.
(from Houses)
Richard Hugo
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