With my crazy work and sleep schedule - in the studio till 11 pm. Eat dinner at midnight. Watch tv until 2 am - I am way too over tired and accident prone. So today I did the most sensible thing and took a long nap on the couch in my studio. Aaaah what a pleasure.
And what exactly have I been watching until 2 am every night? A dreary Netflix original called "Thirteen Reasons Why" which is a teen drama about suicide. Aside from the National Enquirer/People Magazine titillation factor, this is really homework of kind for my Adolescent Development class for which I need to write the syllabus. One of the units is depression and suicide.
I think I may assign watching an episode so we can debate whether this type programming is helpful or harmful to depressed and suicidal youth. Despite the usual stereotypes: the rich jocks, the alienated artsy type, the beautiful girl who is labeled as a slut, the clueless parents - they do good job of describing adolescent intensity, drama, self-focussed myopic narcissism and extreme creativity. They also do not shy away from showing the ugliness of cyberbullying, date rape, and the callous back stabbing of youth who are not yet comfortable in their own skin and unable to articulate their feelings. The suicide is depicted and not overly sensationalized. It is the aftermath and the build up we are meant to see and understand simultaneously.
It's my opinion that teens for the most part do not get enough sleep and make many stupid decisions as a result. More napping should be built into high school schedules!
But seriously now are we glad Steve Bannon has been kicked out of the White House finally?
Ding dong the witch is dead! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead!
And what exactly have I been watching until 2 am every night? A dreary Netflix original called "Thirteen Reasons Why" which is a teen drama about suicide. Aside from the National Enquirer/People Magazine titillation factor, this is really homework of kind for my Adolescent Development class for which I need to write the syllabus. One of the units is depression and suicide.
I think I may assign watching an episode so we can debate whether this type programming is helpful or harmful to depressed and suicidal youth. Despite the usual stereotypes: the rich jocks, the alienated artsy type, the beautiful girl who is labeled as a slut, the clueless parents - they do good job of describing adolescent intensity, drama, self-focussed myopic narcissism and extreme creativity. They also do not shy away from showing the ugliness of cyberbullying, date rape, and the callous back stabbing of youth who are not yet comfortable in their own skin and unable to articulate their feelings. The suicide is depicted and not overly sensationalized. It is the aftermath and the build up we are meant to see and understand simultaneously.
It's my opinion that teens for the most part do not get enough sleep and make many stupid decisions as a result. More napping should be built into high school schedules!
But seriously now are we glad Steve Bannon has been kicked out of the White House finally?
Ding dong the witch is dead! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead!
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