Category Archives: Teenagers
Escaping Camp Hormone
It has been a troubling week in Camp Hormone, the gossip mongers have been hurtful, the facebook chat rooms full. There are weeks when I have my overdose of teens, living with one at home and a multitude at work. … Continue reading
Living inside a computer.
Not really very much to write to be truthful. So the question begs, why write at all? Well I made a decision, a resolution really, about writing and I must keep to it. I feel it is good for me … Continue reading
Filed under Teenagers
More summer limes.
Sun desperately trying to get through these dark clouds. I haven’t been this cold in a long time. In London during the snow storm of the century I was cold, but then, it was snowing, it was to be … Continue reading
Filed under Family Stuff, La belle ville, Teenagers
BFF
The truth is, a move is harder at 12 than at 9. My eldest brown eyed girl has been going through some changes and moving is making them kaleidescope. Most days she couldn’t be lovlier but somedays that sweet brown eyed … Continue reading
Filed under Sisterhood, Teenagers
MSN and the art of letting go.
Kids don’t communicate by talking any more. They MSN. Sometimes whole romantic relationships go on this way and when they see each other they are almost awkward. It is like a relationship with a pen pal. But it is not … Continue reading
Filed under I have two girls, Teenagers
The Girl who saved the day ( and killed a roach.)
Teenagers care immensely what people think of them. Their sense of self is being developed and their egos take a crushing blow. The other day in class a young man that we shall call Tom opened his backpack to slip … Continue reading
Filed under Might be funny, Teenagers
A tale of two worlds
The teenage years are a slow slipping through the fingers of control. Ever so slowly those little girls who were once glued to the hip are now keeping secrets and living in their own little worlds. People often ask me, … Continue reading
Persian princes, rockstars and humble pie.
Slightly unconventional class the other day. After watching the computer games unfold in my kitchen I got into a debate with some of my students. “How can any video game be as good as a book?” I asked them. “Of … Continue reading
Filed under Miss Teacher, Teenagers
