tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post7682459148359848859..comments2024-01-30T04:32:47.585-05:00Comments on The Cooler: Shermer High School Revisited: American TeenJason Bellamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-45219279417902748672009-06-08T00:41:26.360-04:002009-06-08T00:41:26.360-04:00There are several recognized teens high schools in...There are several <a href="http://www.teensprivateschools.com/schooltypes/High-Schools/index.html" rel="nofollow">recognized teens high schools</a> in USA which provides college preparatory environment to students that promotes academic excellence, leadership skills and other qualities in them. They schools appoint the experienced and educate instructors.high schoolshttp://www.teensprivateschools.com/schooltypes/High-Schools/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163321594858726822.post-20602734759919321192008-08-23T22:22:00.000-04:002008-08-23T22:22:00.000-04:00I love this film, and I found the students to be r...I love this film, and I found the students to be realistically and memorably portrayed. I laughed with them and at them - and I felt touched by their turmoil - because as a teacher of American teens for the past 22 years, I felt I was seeing students I have known and taught.<BR/><BR/>Although the film follows the sort of teen-types format of the John Hughes teen classics that forever impressed upon us the existence of the queen bee, the techno nerd, and the heartthrob, this is actually part of the film’s reality. Teens fall into types. That’s what teens do. Looking for their identities, they fall into types in order try that type out and move on, or nestle in that type’s society for its protective comfort. (Adults do that too.) Are there other types? Sure. Do the five American Teen types exist? Certainly. Labels and stereotypes aside, by the end of the films multiple storylines, I felt I had met real teenagers with real problems. Interestingly, one or two of these stories might inspire a subsequent Juno-esque film; and although Hannah, Megan, Jake, Colin, and Mitch were unknown, ordinary teens during the filming of this documentary, the success of the film turned them into celebrities, so that what lies in the future for them might well be influenced by their “stardom.” But that hardly mars the reality of their film personas; for now, suddenly, they are no longer American teens.<BR/><BR/>This is one of my favorite films of the year.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.com