How far is too far when it comes to technology? I think it gets to be too far when we start giving up control and start giving up our jobs so because technology can do it. I think once we teach Technology to become self aware I think the movie I Robot is a very good representation of this.
Why do I think most of us are reliant on tech?
I think we are because it creates dopamine in our heads when we are on technology and it gives it a since of easy fun. Another reason is because it makes things so much easier for us and i think alot of people like that aspect.
I think two have been challenged which are the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and to kill a mockingbird
The reasons I think they have been challenged is because of racism I remember for sure that to kill a mockingbird has the n word on a page and its a book that you see in a lot of English classrooms so I think they challenged it so that kids aren’t exposed to words like that.
Flight
Flight could be controversial because of the amount of swearing and racist comments in the book. A lot of parents don’t want there children exposed to that amount of negativity in English class so i think the book is definitely controversial.
“Your child’s emotional ups and downs might happen for many reasons – physical, psychological, social and emotional and not for any reason in particular. Often you won’t be able to work out why your child feels up or down, and neither will your child.”
Teens today are similar to Zits situation because there are so many reasons as to why he is so violent but the true answer is we don’t really know why he is like that. Our main guess as to why he is so violent right now is his parents being gone but he is a teen who has a lot of other stuff going on also. Another contributing factor to why he is so violent is him having trust issues especially because he’s been in and out of foster care. The last one is because he’s been around violence his whole life so he might not know any better.
“About 1 in 5 adolescents have a current, diagnosed mental or behavioral health condition.”
Zits isn’t officially diagnosed with a mental disorder it is very clear that something isn’t right with him mentally. He has a lot of post trauma coming from the abandonment of his father and the loss of his mother. There are also very strong signs of depression and he express multiple times how he thinks he is very ugly or unwanted and even useless. It also seems like he has an anger management disorder he has no tolerance for anything he doesn’t like and he is very brutally honest when it comes to how he thinks of a person. Most of the time what he has to say about somebody isn’t nice at all.
“While loneliness can strike at any age, adolescence appears to be a particularly vulnerable time. More than 50% of adolescents report experiencing loneliness repeatedly, a stark contrast to the less than 20% of children who report similar experiences.”
Loneliness in teens is similar to Zits in many ways one of the main ways being the feeling of unwantedness Zits has expressed many times that he feels unwanted and like he doesn’t belong and many teens feel the same way either by there peers or rejection and even bullying. A lot of this comes from lack of emotional support from parents exactly like Zits. He also struggles with identity he does not know who he is especially culturally because he is half white and half native. For teens in general adolescence is a time of figuring out who you are as a person and if your feeling really lonly it can make identity confusion way worse. in conclusion Zits story is very extreme and not might be exactly how other teens stories go but his loneliness comes from the same place that many teenagers know.
“It’s not only normal for adolescents to take risks and try new things, it’s an essential part of learning during these years. Being able and willing to take risks is a part of our natural tendency to explore new things in adolescence—in ways that help us discover who we are, expand our skills, and ultimately leave the safe nest of home.”
Many teens take risks and it is a normal part of development risk taking can involve things like peer pressure or being curious or just wanting to have a fun time. A lot of the time its about finding yourself and really seeing how far you can push the limits. Zits takes much bigger risks then the average teen like doing a mass shooting it seems like his risks are not coming from the same place the average teens are and its coming from something much more than that like the loss of his parents. Zits is not just testing the limits like most other teens who participate in risks he is trying to either hurt himself or others. Many teens who take risks typically have support systems like parents or schools or their work but for Zits he doesn’t really have any support systems and it makes it seem like he has nothing to loose.
