Comments on: Ending Adolescence earlier and the obsession with productivity http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sun touch products http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-76946 sun touch products Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:03:23 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-76946 Interesting blog you've got here. Been reading it for few hours now. Well with regard to this article I too agree that adolescence need more time to spend as a kid. Without responsibilities piling up on them in a young age. Interesting blog you’ve got here. Been reading it for few hours now. Well with regard to this article I too agree that adolescence need more time to spend as a kid. Without responsibilities piling up on them in a young age.

]]> By: Learning online forever http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-60123 Learning online forever Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:08:21 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-60123 I think that teenagers should choose their own way and even they will do a mistake - will be a good case to learn and not to repeat a mistake in the future! I think that teenagers should choose their own way and even they will do a mistake – will be a good case to learn and not to repeat a mistake in the future!

]]> By: Learning Management System http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-60119 Learning Management System Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:55:21 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-60119 Speaking about "During adolescence, we are granted an oasis of time -that in retrospective, may feel wasted-. Do we want to rush teenagers out of it?" To my mind we should give our teenagers a possibility to choose their way. In other ways they should choose from different things they can go for: continue to study, starting to work or getting more duties. They should choose by themselfes in order not to blame anyone later. Speaking about “During adolescence, we are granted an oasis of time -that in retrospective, may feel wasted-. Do we want to rush teenagers out of it?”

To my mind we should give our teenagers a possibility to choose their way. In other ways they should choose from different things they can go for: continue to study, starting to work or getting more duties.

They should choose by themselfes in order not to blame anyone later.

]]> By: LMS http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-59430 LMS Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:10:37 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-59430 That is a really awesome article. Your blog is really a great resource for students. The article really reflects the real situation currently prevailing in most of the countries. Adolescents certainly should be allowed the freedom to be kids and not anything else. That is a really awesome article. Your blog is really a great resource for students. The article really reflects the real situation currently prevailing in most of the countries. Adolescents certainly should be allowed the freedom to be kids and not anything else.

]]> By: Pam @ Soma Online http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-57873 Pam @ Soma Online Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:46:46 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-57873 Indeed adolescents should be allowed the freedom to be kids. Its only for few years. They will have many responsibilities during the life time. which is a lot of years compared to the years you being a kid. They really need to enjoy them self and not be burdened with big responsibilities. Indeed adolescents should be allowed the freedom to be kids. Its only for few years. They will have many responsibilities during the life time. which is a lot of years compared to the years you being a kid. They really need to enjoy them self and not be burdened with big responsibilities.

]]> By: Kids wall art http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-57790 Kids wall art Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:56:58 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-57790 I think that adolescents should be allowed the freedom to be kids. At the same time, I do not think that they should be free from responsibilities. Adolescence is the time when kids can learn the value of hardwork, and how to save money. I know that as a teenager, I learned that not all things in life are free, and to get the things I wanted, I had to work for them. I think we do our children a disservice by feeding into all of their wants and desires without properly preparing them for the real world that starts outside of mom and dad's house. I think that adolescents should be allowed the freedom to be kids. At the same time, I do not think that they should be free from responsibilities. Adolescence is the time when kids can learn the value of hardwork, and how to save money. I know that as a teenager, I learned that not all things in life are free, and to get the things I wanted, I had to work for them. I think we do our children a disservice by feeding into all of their wants and desires without properly preparing them for the real world that starts outside of mom and dad’s house.

]]> By: Nicky http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-56970 Nicky Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:55:19 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-56970 I disagree with you kyle, I personally am a university student and am 20. I support myself at university and took on the responsibilty of my own life by the time i was 18. I agree that there are some parents who do still have authority over their childrens lives but that is not the case with all students. It is true that there is a push to go straight from school to college and then onto university but at university there is no way that a student can get through without being responsible for their own actions, no parent can do the work for you. Adolescence is a very important time for learning and finding out who you are and what you want to do with your life. I feel that responsibilities should gradually be introduced during adolescence but an adolescent should not be forced to take on adult resonsibilitied. By forcing these responsibilities onto adolescents it is only likely to cause them to become rebelious or to become scared of these responsiblities and back away from them because they do not feel that they can cope. I disagree with you kyle, I personally am a university student and am 20. I support myself at university and took on the responsibilty of my own life by the time i was 18. I agree that there are some parents who do still have authority over their childrens lives but that is not the case with all students.
It is true that there is a push to go straight from school to college and then onto university but at university there is no way that a student can get through without being responsible for their own actions, no parent can do the work for you.

Adolescence is a very important time for learning and finding out who you are and what you want to do with your life. I feel that responsibilities should gradually be introduced during adolescence but an adolescent should not be forced to take on adult resonsibilitied. By forcing these responsibilities onto adolescents it is only likely to cause them to become rebelious or to become scared of these responsiblities and back away from them because they do not feel that they can cope.

]]> By: Rebecca @ Excessive Sweating Blog http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-50722 Rebecca @ Excessive Sweating Blog Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:27:32 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-50722 Interesting discussion. I too agree with the article. Not that I mean we need to go back to our ancient method on working. But about ending adolescence early. Children really need to have more time before being given big responsibilities. When they are not ready for it they can't do it properly either. Which in turn becomes a problem Interesting discussion. I too agree with the article. Not that I mean we need to go back to our ancient method on working. But about ending adolescence early. Children really need to have more time before being given big responsibilities. When they are not ready for it they can’t do it properly either. Which in turn becomes a problem

]]> By: Kyle Howard http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-44715 Kyle Howard Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:45:37 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-44715 It seems to me that adolescence is getting longer and longer to our detriment. It was not so long ago that 18 was considered the beginning of adulthood. Now, kids are pushed right out of highschool into college where their parents continue to pay for everything and have continual authority over their life. Its becoming fairly commonplace for this to last through a masters or even doctoral degree. Adolescence has gotten out of hand. It seems to me that adolescence is getting longer and longer to our detriment. It was not so long ago that 18 was considered the beginning of adulthood. Now, kids are pushed right out of highschool into college where their parents continue to pay for everything and have continual authority over their life. Its becoming fairly commonplace for this to last through a masters or even doctoral degree. Adolescence has gotten out of hand.

]]> By: Roxanne @ Free Resume Templates http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/comment-page-1/#comment-44709 Roxanne @ Free Resume Templates Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:07:23 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/ending-adolescence-earlier-and-the-obsession-with-productivity/#comment-44709 We have the almost same problem in Romania. Kids are rushed to learn too many things that they won't use all the rest of their life. This isn't a bad ideea, because it's mean to develop the pupil's creativity. But the things that are in the program, don't seem too creative. I like the way you write, keep up! Happy blogging and greetings from Romania! We have the almost same problem in Romania. Kids are rushed to learn too many things that they won’t use all the rest of their life.

This isn’t a bad ideea, because it’s mean to develop the pupil’s creativity. But the things that are in the program, don’t seem too creative.

I like the way you write, keep up!

Happy blogging and greetings from Romania!

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