Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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 TETEM-AerRS Do parents understand teenagers? Yos, to some extent. It depends upon what kind of parents you have. And it depends upon what kind of teenager you aro. I understand that this generation is some different than it was twenty-five years age, but it isn't going to be the same all your life. The teenagers today have more modern things than they did back in tho oarlier years. The parents today hato long hair, but is it really groovy ? It depends upon the way the boy looks; some look well with it and some don't. What's tho difference? They used to wear it that way back in tho days cf 'Washington. I don't soo why they can't wocr it long now; in fact it was much longer b-ck in George Washington's days. Tho drosses fnd skirts aro another subject about which to talk. Our parents complain be-causo our dresses cr skirts aro too short I like my drosses short but not too short. Tho dancos are different too. I think thoy aro really out of sight . Our parents say when wo g?t up on tho floor and danco wc don't oven know who our partner is. Thoy say the music is 30 loud that it's enough to knock your oar drums out. I think tho music has really got tho boat. Our dancos iron ' t asy worse than tho ones done 25 or 30 years ago; for instance tho Big Apple, tho Charleston, and J2- othor dances. At least when wl danco we keop our foot on the floor. Some of our parents say that we are too your O out on dates wh .n w„ teen or fifteen years old. Sv.t I don't agroe. I think it do-ponds upon the person. If ho or she is maturo onough and knows the responsibilities of going out on a auoe. I think the person could go. Besides I think it's bettor to sturt dating young than to be wild when your parents do lot you go out on a date. •ihon wo go out on dates v somotimes don't get in un j. 1:C0 or 2:00 in tho morning. They givo us a lecture and toll us, you're not going out tomorrow night; you're going to stay homo and got a good rest. You say, I have to, thero is a danco tomorrow and I want to soe how good the band is. I can stand it though, I don't roa'lly mind. But vhon you v ere young, when did you get in? Yet my parents do understand mo and I understand them very well. Susan Shcrrer '71 Dwight: How many Epglibhmon does it ta'co to boat ip a French man? Mr. Dosrochors: I don't know. Dwight: Ten, nine to shake him out of the tree, md one to kick tho dickens out of him.

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TEENAGERS 1 STOP COMPLAINING 3. I believe that teenagers have reached an era of rebellion, disagreement, and an extremely critical 3tage, It's almost impossible to please them and they5 re forever complaining, even about the most trivial matters, How .often have you heard a teenager nay That old bag shoulda never teen hatched or My parents arc prudes; th.9y just don't understand me or Why do we teenagers get all the blame? A frequent complaint of today :s younger generation is that adults bring out only the worst in teenagersjthey accuse us cf being juvenile delinquents, or judge us all by the few rotten apples Teenagers claim that in revspape-s, for instance , all emphasis ij rinc od on our mistakes while little attention i3 focused uoon our merits. This is. indeed, a misconception After carefully examining an issue of the 3u-- llngt.cn Ere? Tress I found four articles telling about' such things as juvenile delinquency, careless termage driving, and sc on. On tne ctnor hand I discovered eleven stories which told of teenage a-chievementa ana honors So, stop complaining ' teon-ag-jv-? people realize that we're not all tad eggs, Anochcr ancient whim of teens is My old man and lady are thick; they don't even try to understand me. Here, too, I think we're being too critical of our parents. Despite the fact that our parents grew up in a different generation, they were young once. They know what it's like to have problems-to need money,to want the car on Saturday night. The solution hero is mutual understanding; rravbe parents sav My I:id3 con t understand me, ' With a few compromises from both s5.de3 you might be surprised to realize that parents aren't so bad after all. Teachers aresnothor prob- lem of the younger set., fe don1 1t like to be pushed a: O’.v.'d and aiciplined; so xes I am© tha teacher3 for or.vp . ’ks and one uiacrier'J iriess or trio schooi. Teenagers have reached the stage where they try to resist authority. They disagree merely as a form of rebellion, Cn the whole ' rape'- ; for teachers ha? gone out of style. This i3 sor.ietni.ng which rust be remedi-.d z.f we wish tc succeed in life. Respect is an item which we'll always need-at Union 7 and in our vocations, le.t„r. Seme youths have taken on destruction md i.v‘ ge-riiav:toning means cf rebellion as the solution of (or cvoican.f oO their difficulties. Drugs, v a ryir.r frorn sni ffinr r. i re 1 .. ne glue to LSD trips, are r:ecrt-edly being used in great quantities by teens. The formation of the hippies is another less ..armful way of rebellion, A.though Franklin is not direct!.- concerned with imp '':p; drugs cr x'lower onlidrou. ruen problems do x v ©.iat' in saoh t ..l . -ces as New York. In my opinion, we teenagers should stop erki a lousy outlook on 1:f. our criticism construct!r., learn to respect ot! ' - ar face our problems inst. c. c