Response

"Until the Great Drepression..."
In this passage, Jennifer Senior, claims that before the Great Depression relations between adolescents and adults were better. At what cost were these relationships better though? Before the Great Depression social divisions were mainly due to class. Many did not graduate high school (and attend college) because they would follow their parent's footsteps. It is now a significantly different situation. Students are spending less time with adults, but they are given the same education and opportunities regardless of their family's income.There are obvious social divisions within high schools, but they are not based solely upon class. I would rather deal with a few obnoxious teenagers for four years than getting no education.