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The Letter Your Teen Cannot Write You
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 673445" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>One of Joy's best friends is currently attending US college to play sport and study. Very selective school giving lots of importance for 'character.' So mostly 'good kids.' Joy's friend is same age he is, 19 and many kids in the team are older. After hearing about the life there Joy's first questions were if they also had to stay half an hour quietly in bed at naptime even if they were not sleepy and taste a spoonful of every food and only can have candy at Saturdays.</p><p></p><p>Some restrictions for these high driven adults are from state: they are not allowed to use same establishments and drink and eat same stuff as other adults. Some are from college: some dorms have curfews and their teachers check their homework like in elementary school around here. Message both from their teachers and coach is that they are not expected to be motivated, self starters or do things like learning or training hard for their own benefit but need hand holding and someone breathing down to their necks.</p><p></p><p>It is basic psychology. You get what you ask. If you treat people like irresponsible five year olds needing constant monitoring, you get people who behave like five year olds. If people are not given adult liberties it is very unlikely they would bother with adults responsibilities either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 673445, member: 14557"] One of Joy's best friends is currently attending US college to play sport and study. Very selective school giving lots of importance for 'character.' So mostly 'good kids.' Joy's friend is same age he is, 19 and many kids in the team are older. After hearing about the life there Joy's first questions were if they also had to stay half an hour quietly in bed at naptime even if they were not sleepy and taste a spoonful of every food and only can have candy at Saturdays. Some restrictions for these high driven adults are from state: they are not allowed to use same establishments and drink and eat same stuff as other adults. Some are from college: some dorms have curfews and their teachers check their homework like in elementary school around here. Message both from their teachers and coach is that they are not expected to be motivated, self starters or do things like learning or training hard for their own benefit but need hand holding and someone breathing down to their necks. It is basic psychology. You get what you ask. If you treat people like irresponsible five year olds needing constant monitoring, you get people who behave like five year olds. If people are not given adult liberties it is very unlikely they would bother with adults responsibilities either. [/QUOTE]
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