“Times have definitely changed” stated my 72 year old grandmother, when asking her about her adolescent years. She is an African American woman born in 1943, “almost everything during my time was different” she stated, “from the influx of prices; to technology advances; as well as our relationships with people of the opposite race.” Adolescence now and then have altered greatly, but mainly in the areas of high school experiences; adolescent relationships and respect for adults. One of the main changes of adolescents today and then are their high school experiences. These experiences include course work, dropout rate and working an after school job. The course work today for high school students involves taking four English courses (English I, II, III, IV); five courses of math (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus); five courses of science (Biology, Earth/ space science, Physical science, Chemistry, Physics) and five courses of history (U.S History I, World History, U.S Government/ Civics, U.S History II, Geography). While also having to take some electives courses such as; personal finance, health/ economics and a foreign language course. During the
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These relationships include their interactions with their parents, friends and their dating life. Some adolescents have an awesome relationship with their parents and respect their decisions. Unfortunately, some other children choose to be disobedient and very disrespectful towards their parents. In today’s society, you see a lot of broken homes and adolescents not respecting their parents, social media has definitely heightened the negative exposure. My grandmother had a very good relationship with her mom and not so much her father. He was a very strict parent who she rarely saw because he worked nights and slept during the day. Even so, she couldn’t every imagine disobeying him or she would be
These relationships include their interactions with their parents, friends and their dating life. Some adolescents have an awesome relationship with their parents and respect their decisions. Unfortunately, some other children choose to be disobedient and very disrespectful towards their parents. In today’s society, you see a lot of broken homes and adolescents not respecting their parents, social media has definitely heightened the negative exposure. My grandmother had a very good relationship with her mom and not so much her father. He was a very strict parent who she rarely saw because he worked nights and slept during the day. Even so, she couldn’t every imagine disobeying him or she would be