'Speak' (a personal responce)

Are the pressures fitting in at high school greater than any other point in one’s life? Explain.

I think the pressure of fitting in at high school is greater than any other point in one’s life for the following reasons. First, the pressure of fitting in at high school is connected to the school life of student. To explain, if a student does not fit in at school properly, he or she will not have classmates to play with. So, the student will feel lonely. Second, it can affect other things like grades. If we see the film ‘Speak’, Melinda’s grade drastically went down because she was not able to fit in a clan, and she did not share her problems to the others. Therefore, I think pressures fitting in at high school are greater than other things.

Do parents understand the problems teenagers go through? Explain.

In my opinion, I think parents understand the problems a teenager goes through for the following reasons. Previously, parents were teenagers about 20 to 30 years ago, so I am sure that the parents had similar problems like their children have. I believe that parents will understand the problems. In my case, my parents always listen to my problems, and they even help me to solve them by giving me some advises. Secondly, parents have more experience and are wiser than us because parents lived much longer than we did. For example, if we see our grand parents, they know some more ways to solve the problems. Last but not least, parents know almost everything about their children because they stayed with their children since they were born. Therefore, I think parents can understand the problems that teenagers are having.