Background Information
The purpose of this assignment is for students to have the opportunity to listen multiple perspectives about experiences during adolescence. Each generation has its unique set of experiences, knowledge, and skills. By listening to different generations, you can tap into a wealth of diverse insights and perspectives. This diversity can enrich your own understanding and broaden your worldview. Additionally, diverse generations have approached problems differently due to these unique life experiences.
Instructions:
NOTE: You will need to locate two people – one between 18 and 23 years of age and one over 60 years of age to complete the following assignment. The assignment has two parts, the interviews and the reflective analysis. You must interview two individuals to earn full credit.
Part 1. Your Interviews
You are going to interview two individuals: someone who is between the ages of 18 and 23 years of age and someone who is over 60 years of age (these may not be classmates). Do not e-mail the questions you need to conduct the interview in a way that will allow you to ask questions to get more detail if the person gives brief or incomplete responses.
Did you attend high school? Did you want to, why or why not? Describe the kinds of subjects you were required to take. Describe the kinds of homework you had. Did most of the adolescents in your neighborhood go to high school?
How many hours per week did you work (not including school-related work)? Did you contribute to the family income? Did you want to go to work, why or why not?
Describe your relationship with your parents as a teenager. Describe the kinds of restrictions or rules your parents placed on your behavior.
Describe the riskiest behavior you or one of your friends took during your teen-age years.
Describe the kinds of clothes you wore for school; dates; outings. Were you concerned about fashion?
At what age were you allowed to date? Describe the dating activities that were common for teenagers in your time.
Describe how you and your friends would spend your free time.
Describe your most nagging problem as a teenager.
Describe what you see as the main difference between the teenagers of today and teen-agers in the past. What do you think of today’s teenagers?
What advice would you give teen-agers today?
Question of student’s choosing