In your opinion, how is the adolescent

mind different than the mind of a child?

Explain.

Dr. David Elkind says…

Dr. David Elkind really says that you commonly HAVE THESE PROBLEMS…

You are crazy

unrealistic

teenagers!

Bahahaha!

• #1: Find fault with authority figures

#2: Argumentativeness

#2: Argumentativeness

#3: Indecisiveness

#4: Apparent hypocrisy

#5: Self-consciousness

#6: Invulnerability

Stop & Jot

• Are these problems? • Could they be advantageous? • How do these components of the adolescent

mind come into conflict with the structures we have in place for students, particularly adolescents? (schools, parent/child relationships, laws)

• Total adult literacy rate (%), 2005-2008: 63%• Primary school net enrollment/attendance (%),

2005-2009*: 83%• Secondary school attendance ratio 2005-2009*,

net, male: 59%• Secondary school attendance ratio 2005-2009*,

net, female: 49%

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We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So we're building here a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.

• Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.

Film focus questions

• What are students in the Riverside Schools doing?

• What does the lesson “I can” mean to these students?

• How do you think that learning this lesson might address some of the adolescent “problems” we learned about today?

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