Comments on: UK Teens Are Not Compliant http://www.anorak.co.uk/175464/tabloids/uk-teens-are-not-compliant.html Tabloid news for broadsheet readers Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:41:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.anorak.co.uk/175464/tabloids/uk-teens-are-not-compliant.html/comment-page-1#comment-23167 Amy Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:35:26 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/news/tabloids/175464.html#comment-23167 Hello, I think this is the worst load of rubbish that I have ever heard. I'm fourteen years old, and personally think the main reason that people my age act like they do is because England is probably one of the most judging countries in Europe. It's things like this article that push teenagers like me to acting out in a bad way. I have never tried drugs, never smoked, never drunk in excess or behind my parents back, want to wait to have sex after marriage, and wish to do well in my GCSE's. But of course England doesn't concentrate on people like me, who, might I add, I am surrounded by day in and day out. Of course there's teenagers who are bad, but hello? Let's find the statistics on adults who got into a physical fight last year shall we? I bet they didn't include that. And besides, for all they know, the teenagers could've been fighting robbers, thieves, bullies, even on the extremes, drunken adults who got too lairy to others, even rapists or something. But of course this country only hears what they want to hear. Some of my friends may have screwed up, (me definitely as well) but does that make us bad people? No. Don't think so. So next time you adults want to judge teenagers, and give up on us and assume we're all the same, bad, stupid people who only get a kick out of life when drugs are involved. Or if you're people like Jewellers who watch ONLY the teenagers out of all the people in the shop, take a look at the news. On TV, the Internet, radios or phones, it doesn't take much. And tell me just exactly how many murderers, terrorists, fascists, dictators and criminals that are teenagers. Sure, there are some, but note: There are a lot of adults, aren't there? Which just tells you something in itself. Adults-have-the-capacity-to-be-as-bad-as-us-sometimes. *sarcastic clap* and it took a fourteen year old to point that out to you. I'm not normally this stressed, but I'm sick and tired of being judged just because I've got the word -teen at the end of my age. Take a look at this, and tell me that I'm wrong. Free speech. Amy x Hello,
I think this is the worst load of rubbish that I have ever heard.
I’m fourteen years old, and personally think the main reason that people my age act like they do is because England is probably one of the most judging countries in Europe. It’s things like this article that push teenagers like me to acting out in a bad way.
I have never tried drugs, never smoked, never drunk in excess or behind my parents back, want to wait to have sex after marriage, and wish to do well in my GCSE’s.
But of course England doesn’t concentrate on people like me, who, might I add, I am surrounded by day in and day out. Of course there’s teenagers who are bad, but hello? Let’s find the statistics on adults who got into a physical fight last year shall we? I bet they didn’t include that.
And besides, for all they know, the teenagers could’ve been fighting robbers, thieves, bullies, even on the extremes, drunken adults who got too lairy to others, even rapists or something. But of course this country only hears what they want to hear.
Some of my friends may have screwed up, (me definitely as well) but does that make us bad people? No. Don’t think so.
So next time you adults want to judge teenagers, and give up on us and assume we’re all the same, bad, stupid people who only get a kick out of life when drugs are involved. Or if you’re people like Jewellers who watch ONLY the teenagers out of all the people in the shop, take a look at the news. On TV, the Internet, radios or phones, it doesn’t take much.
And tell me just exactly how many murderers, terrorists, fascists, dictators and criminals that are teenagers. Sure, there are some, but note: There are a lot of adults, aren’t there?
Which just tells you something in itself. Adults-have-the-capacity-to-be-as-bad-as-us-sometimes.
*sarcastic clap*
and it took a fourteen year old to point that out to you.
I’m not normally this stressed, but I’m sick and tired of being judged just because I’ve got the word -teen at the end of my age.
Take a look at this, and tell me that I’m wrong.
Free speech.
Amy x

]]> By: Martin http://www.anorak.co.uk/175464/tabloids/uk-teens-are-not-compliant.html/comment-page-1#comment-20281 Martin Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:37:11 +0000 http://www.anorak.co.uk/news/tabloids/175464.html#comment-20281 You are wrong to equate extended schools with detention - extended schools isnt just about extending school hours, its also about developing innovative approaches to supporting young people and families including family learning, adult education, holiday activities, links with support agencies including those from the voluntary and community sectors, developing lunchtime and before school acitvities and working with schoos to open them up to their communities to ensure that the resources available within schools are used to the best advantage of their local communities. It is also about link with Supplementary scholols to ensure that childen from BME backgrounds are supported to achieve to thier full potential and do not have to relinquish their own cultures to get there. As you say, "The kids are alright.They just need to be treated like individuals. They need to be raised in a society they are listened and made to feel that what they do is worthwhile and not just about being compliant and passing an exam" All this is based on local consultation with parents and carers and with young people themselves. there is a massive push to engage and listen young people in the development of services both within scholols with the introduction of practical citizenship and also in the new youth plans I agree that some of the plans are abit micky mouse, but dont make the mistake of taking one specific aspect of new government youth and education policy and criticising it as if it represents the whole picture or you run the risk of throwing the young person out with the bathwater You are wrong to equate extended schools with detention - extended schools isnt just about extending school hours, its also about developing innovative approaches to supporting young people and families including family learning, adult education, holiday activities, links with support agencies including those from the voluntary and community sectors, developing lunchtime and before school acitvities and working with schoos to open them up to their communities to ensure that the resources available within schools are used to the best advantage of their local communities. It is also about link with Supplementary scholols to ensure that childen from BME backgrounds are supported to achieve to thier full potential and do not have to relinquish their own cultures to get there.

As you say, “The kids are alright.They just need to be treated like individuals. They need to be raised in a society they are listened and made to feel that what they do is worthwhile and not just about being compliant and passing an exam”

All this is based on local consultation with parents and carers and with young people themselves.

there is a massive push to engage and listen young people in the development of services both within scholols with the introduction of practical citizenship and also in the new youth plans

I agree that some of the plans are abit micky mouse, but dont make the mistake of taking one specific aspect of new government youth and education policy and criticising it as if it represents the whole picture or you run the risk of throwing the young person out with the bathwater

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