Pat, time does seem to be in short supply in the teen years--a lot of learning and living goes on at that time.
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Originally Posted by tangential1
The writer of that article totally contradicts himself! First saying teens aren't creating content because they have nothing interesting to say and thus no one is reading it (which makes them less likely to post?), and then he says that teens aren't blogging because it has become a less private venue lately (so they are less likely to post because they are afraid of people reading). Obviously this person has no clue really.
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Yah, there's a high blather-quotient in that post and some thoughts that never got past the embryonic stage, I think.
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Originally Posted by KarenB
Anyone who doesn't think teens have things to say, and worthwhile things at that, just isn't listening! Tweeting and blogging strike me as more navel-gazing than other forms of social media. I don't mean that all tweeters and bloggers are, just that they lend themselves to that more readily. Perhaps teens aren't as inwardly focussed as older adults?!? Or (could it be?) perhaps gross generalizations about any group aren't particularly useful!  |
Right on, sister! In my experience, young people have great thoughts and observations about things, especially the status quo, since they haven't had time to become The Man yet, really. They see things that older people have become inured to. And they're plenty willing to talk and express themselves if people take them seriously and give them some basic respect.
Yeah, we'll get right one that, why dont' we? *sarcasm alert*
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