Thursday, May 26, 2011
What's good about Glee
Ridiculously good looking 20 somethings playing teenagers?: check High school drama, aka teen angst to the max?: check Relevant pop culture references?: check Addresses real teen issues?: check Multiple musical numbers per episode?: check Jewish guy with a mohawk?: check So unless you’ve been on a deserted island for the past year or have been sent from the future to save humanity from killer robots (With all the recent news about Arnold Schwarzenegger, I had to make at least one Terminator reference), you have probably already deducted that the above is a reference to Glee, which just completed its second season. I mean, how many other television shows have a mohawked Jewish guy who sings? (tell me this isn’t attractive?) Oh and there’…
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
And why they are so hard to shed
If you ask an adult how their high school experience was, you are most likely going to get one of two answers: The first, “high school? Oh, you mean my four-year sentence in Hell, sorry my mistake,” is bitter. The second “high school? Oh, you mean the four years of perpetual bliss, my bad,” is bittersweet. These predictable responses demonstrate why the social structure of high school hasn’t changed much through the years. Everyone remembers high school and everyone has an opinion about it. It’s why a 16 year old in 2011 can still enjoy a John Hughes movie made in the 80’s (that and Jake Ryan is a total hottie, who wasn’t the slightest bit jealous of Molly Ringwald during Sixteen Candles?) The same stereotypes and clichés that dominated …
Saturday, March 26, 2011
What not to do as a teacher--from a student's perspective
There is probably an extremely stately and formal association for you guys (I mean guys in a strictly gender neutral way.) I mean, there seems to be a group for everything these days. There’s even a group for people who still think the world is flat, I kid you not: http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/, see? I’m being completely serious; there is an organization for everything. So I’m going to jump on the bandwagon and officially put a name to an already existing group of people, the TWS, or teachers who stink. Now how do you know if you fall into the TWS category? Here’s a checklist of things that could potentially induce odor: Everyone is failing your class- If more than 75% of your class just failed a test, or is currently failing the…
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Our resident thinks Lorton could use a shot in the arm
As far as providing activities for teens to do, Lorton does not have a lot to offer. The closest movie theater or mall is well over walking distance away, so those of us who can’t drive (like me) have to make the best of the options right here in Lorton. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Lorton, Virginia isn’t exactly known for its tourism. You don’t hear anyone saying “Hey lets go to Lorton Virginia for vacation!” A typical day after school most teens just get a group of people together in neighborhoods, houses, or shopping centers and try to come up with anything (and when I say anything, I really mean anything) to fill the inevitable void of boredom. Companies could offer a place for teens to have fun and hang out should be jumping …
Julie Borenstein
4:45 pm on Friday, May 27, 2011
This article was very interesting, in that it provided a teenager's perspective on the tv show, Glee, and offered some refreshing, new insights on this show. more ›