Discussion:
Interview with a group of adolescents
Find a group of teenagers to interview about their experience of growing up. Spend about twenty to thirty minutes asking them a few simple questions, such as
Questions:
1. What do you like about being a teenager? What do you dislike?"
2. What is the best thing about your life right now? The worst thing?"
3. What is the most important thing in your life right now?"
4. If you could change one thing about yourself or your life, what would it be? Why?"
5. How do you feel about the future? Why?"
Write the results of your interview and compare them to what you remember about your teenage years. What has changed? Why do you think it has?