ARGUMENT: Describe the author’s argument in a short statement that begins, “This author (name) argues that….” Follow it with a paragraph explaining that argument in your own words. The argument is not a summary of ideas but a short explanation of the author’s most significant contribution or idea. What is his/her main point here?
The author Rebecca C. Raby argues that the discourses of adolescence that are currently practiced in the united states specifically discourses on the topic of teenagers that have been established, maintained, perpetuated, and practiced via the media, education, and politically in our country are causing negative refections of this group. These specific discourses being currently being practiced the author states have been contradictory, misrepresentative, neglectful, and the distortions of biological truths versus social constructing practices have been used to create a specific type of teenage archetype. There fore, leaving no room for self creation or self exploration for these persons. This leaves students lacking agency and sense of self causing rebellious behavior and a yearning for a place in the world.
Your usage of the word discourse fits in exactly and your right teenagers lack agency in today society today. Some are yearning a place but question for you is what happens if they are yearning and wanted to BECOME some in the world, faces all the negativity and the people who try and tell that person they are not going to have a place in the world
ReplyDeleteYou make the argument very clear in your post, it makes it easier to understand.
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