I have some memories of my physical and psychosocial development.
First of all, I will share my physical development. To be honest it was not a bad or shocking transition to me, since I didn't change that much. Of course, I presented changes in my body, but they were not so evident because I have always been thin and tall. When my breast started to develop it was uncomfortable, not because I care about what people thought, but because I used to practice sports and started to wear bra, and it was something new for me. The only shocking change for me was my period. It was shocking because my parents never took their time to talk about it, so I never had those advice on what or how to do things regarding to my period.
My psychological changes are few as well. I grew up with my grandmother's advice. She installed in me some valuable values, and I can say that to this day those values still are my guide. During my adolescence I never paid attention on what other might thought or said about me, because I dedicated a huge part of my life to sports, so I might say that I have always been a risk-taking person. I practiced soccer, basketball, skateboarding, rolling skate and even surf, and then I start to be engage into cars and speed.
Besides that, one thing that influence my life is that I traveled a lot, and being aware of how other countries and cultures are, made a difference on how I started to see things, and increased my expectations on what I want in and for my life.
Now, with things I have been taught, I understand why teenagers act the way they do. It is really easy to point out attitudes that teens adopt without knowing the real factors and reasons behind that, but still some people attached it to rebellious attitudes. Hence, it is really important to know theory and understand why are this changes occurring, because, we teachers are there not to judge but to help them to overcome what they are struggling with.
And that is the reason why as a teacher, I would like to help my adolescent students by offering and giving them guidance, not as a friend, but as mentor, so they know that there will be someone they can count on and for advice whenever they need it.
Hi Vane. I liked a lot your post. It is really interesting to know about the different physical and psychosocial changes that we as teenagers suffered. I think that we as men will never understand what a hard time girls have with this changes, with this transition. However, we know only what we have read in some researches, but it is only a superficial way to understand their changes. In psychosocial point I think that both men and women have similar changes.
ResponderEliminarYou mentioned that you were grew up with some valuable values. I think that all the things that we learnt while we were children, such as values, always will be in our minds, but it is our own decision to follow them. I would like to hear a little bit more about your experiences with other cultures. :)
I think your strategy will help a lot students. Also, I think that our adolescent students should feel comfortable learning with us. The environment for learning in the classroom must not be uptight. Even outside of the classroom we as teacher should transmit confidence to our students. If we are willing to help them, they are going to present good results. :)