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Scientists are gaining new insights into remarkable changes in teenagers' brains that may help explain why the teen years are so hard on young people - and on their parents.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1219sci-teenbrain19-ON.html
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Ha! I knew it! That Incident when I was a teenager really wasn't my fault, the Gardener did it right after he finished pruning my brain.

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I knew it, teens are all brain damaged. It explains a lot as to why I did those stupid things when I was a teenage.
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One reason why, when I was a teacher, I never accepted a job at a boarding school.

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quote:
Originally posted by Elkhound:
One reason why, when I was a teacher, I never accepted a job at a boarding school.
Are they worse then non-boarding schools? Is it like Lord of the Flies or something?

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Maybe because you don't get to go home at night?

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Here is a good show from PBS' Frontline called "Inside the Teenage Brain" that has more information. We watched it in my Adolescent Psychology class.

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Originally posted by Elkhound:
One reason why, when I was a teacher, I never accepted a job at a boarding school.
Are they worse then non-boarding schools? Is it like Lord of the Flies or something?
Teachers are generally expected to live on campus and supervise the kids evenings/weekends.

The problem in dealing with adolescents is that they're too old to be spanked and too young to be punched, and therefore can get away with behavior that would get little kids the former and adults the latter.

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This explains why my teenager has been doing REALLY stupid things the past two years.

Can I use this as a defense when I get arrested for beating some sense into her? [fish]

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