{"id":1554,"date":"2012-11-29T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T23:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2012-11-30T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T22:53:23","slug":"lets-hope-high-school-wont-be-your-glory-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/1554","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Hope High School Won&#8217;t Be Your &#8220;Glory Days&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:30px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/lexiconic.net\/wheatfromthechaff\/archives\/1554\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>After another day of classes, and another round of adolescent glowering and truculence, I am reminded of Springsteen&#8217;s classic, &#8220;Glory Days&#8221;. Nobody said it so well:\u00a0let&#8217;s hope your years in high school won&#8217;t be your glory days. If they are, then the rest of your life will be a big disappointment!<\/p>\n<p>One of the most interesting things about adolescents is how many live totally in the present. In some ways this is positive: they live with an intensity that I no longer have, and which I envy. But it can also be overwhelming and crippling. Many teens are utterly convinced that everything they do is earth-shattering and monumentally important, and are incapable of viewing their lives proportionally from the vantage point of the future. I think this lack of perspective is why advice about their future often goes nowhere, and why a few, tragically, don&#8217;t survive their teen years.<\/p>\n<p>So, in a weird way, one of my roles as a teacher is to assure them that their years in high school <em>aren&#8217;t<\/em> their glory days. These days are important, to be sure, but they are connected to a much larger thread. Hopefully, my students will soon realize how long and complex this tapestry of life actually is. 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Nobody said it so well:\u00a0let&#8217;s hope your years in high school won&#8217;t be your glory days. If they are, then the rest of your life will be a big disappointment! 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