[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is the process where a child grow up to an adult or the process of maturity. This process can be seen not only from physical appearance but also mentally. Physically, the child will grow taller, bigger, and they will face puberty. On the other hand, the changes from the point of mentality can be seen by the way they think and act. When someone grow older, people will expect them to have more responsibility and they expect them to be more independent. For example, when we were still a child, we were very depend on our parents, but after we grow up we must learn how to be independent, because sooner or later we will have to live by ourselves.

Usually, during this period, we search for our identity, but it may lead us to conflicts. For some youngster, the conflict of identity that adolescence brings does not really influence them, but for some teenagers, this is quite real. Sometimes, some of them also feels like everybody around them are watching, talking, and judging them, but the fact is that no one really care that much about them.

The environment of the teenagers such as family and friends can bring some influence to them, and if it's not good it even can bring them to the act of suicide. Family has a great influence in this process, especially the approaches used by their parents. there are 3 types of approaches, the authoritarian style, the permissive style, and the democratic style. The authoritarian style is where the parents always control the adolescent, so the adolescent doesn't given any freedom, and usually, this leads to rebellion and conflicts. In the permissive style, teenagers are almost free, but their parents give them some limits. Last but not least, the democratic style, where parents give some advice and some limits to them, but teenagers are also involve in making a decision.

[Week III] Knowing About Adolescence

There are many definition about adolescence, because of that I'll define it in a simple one. The meaning of adolescence is growth toward independence, and the beginning of lifelong commitments its meant that the transition from the dependence of childhood to the independence of adulthood. Actually it is very hard to know when a person has begun to be adolescence and the end of it.

Adolescence is generally marked by two things, they are biological or physical changes. Biological changes can be known when the children reach the sexual maturation and for the physical one can be marked by the increase in height and weight an also voice. For girl the growth process is faster than boys where girls from the age of ten until 15 and for boys it will started between 12 till 17 years old or more.

In social life, the children who have become adolescence will search everything that they want to know from about drugs, friendship with other people, to know more about themselves, etc. Every things that they want to do should be consulted with their parents because at this position of adolescence, children try to do things without future plant, that's why the role of parents is very important,

When the children have become adolescence and have many of problems they will try to do something insane like suicide. This suicide can be caused by many factors like the teenagers background, their psychological problem like depression, and social problem like having bad friends. On this problem, again parents have an important role for monitoring their children before something bad happen to them, although teenagers don't like what their parents have done in controlling them in their life.

[Week III] Adolescence: Teenage Suicide - Aldy

Teenage Suicide...

Being unable to express one's feeling, constant pressures from one's society and being unable to accept certain circumstances are probably the main causes of teenage suicides. Referring to the text titled "Teenage Suicide" there has been an increasing trend in cases of teenage suicide in past few decades and suicide has been the third leading killer of teenagers after accidents and murders.

There are several 'determinants', the term suggested by Allen, that significantly affect teenager's decision on committing suicide. These factors are divided into three, including the predisposing factors, predictors of suicide and the precipitating events that lead to suicide. Parenting system, peer pressures, and acceptance of suicidal, for instance, are the three of the many determinants towards suicide. Allen, in response to the increasing trend of cases of teenager suicide also discusses the possible ways to 'dampen' the number of suicides. The solutions include the campaigns against suicide through education which trains the teenagers to be open minded, and to be rational as they are facing certain life problems.

[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is a process of being an adult. It happens to every mankind starts from an infant until we become an old people. It can be divided by mental and physical adolescence. From mental adolescence shown by how we react on every circumstances we'll face. We will be more careful on making decision every time we get older because of the experiences we've gain towards our lives. And from physical adolescence is determined by our age and our physical appearance on how we're getting taller and facing puberty.

When we're stepping on this stage, we're usually seeking for our true identity which will make our mind popping up many philosophical questions revolving of 'Who am I?', 'What do I do for living?', 'Why is this and why is that?' question. And when we face confusions and conflicts, we usually become rebel and wanting to be independent.

And after that stage, we will become egoistic when everything is all about us, focusing on one`s life. We would think that everybody is paying attention and judging on everything we do when finally we find an imaginary audience that we thought everybody is watching and analyzing us.

Overall, it is cannot be avoided that adolescence itself is influential from one`s family. How their family setting a parenting style is the first foundation on how the children would react. There are three types of parenting. The authoritarian style of parenting that taught their children by actually telling them what to do because they parents said so. This kind of parenting style could make the children unstable when they're actually prefer to be independent at this stage. The permissive style where children are given freewill on everything they want to do. This parenting style would lead the children on knowing no limit which would ended up by not recognizing the difference between right and wrong. The most recommended style is called democratic. Here, the parents will be involve the teenager in making decision, giving advices and supports, do set limits but still giving some independence for the children.

[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is a proses of changes from child into adult that consist of physical and psychology. The process of adolescence can we see as a physical growth , we gain more height and weight.On the other hand,psychological changes can't be seen but we can't see the result as the way they act and the way they think.

The physical changes is one of the process to be an adult. Girl grow up faster than boy but they stop grow up earlier than boy, girl usually start at 10 to 17 and boy 12 to 21. Not only physical but also sexual change because the reaction of hormone. The psychology changes can be seen when they interact with others and the way they think such as solving problems , talking with their friends , making decision , etc.

In this process children usually still searching who they really are. they usually act like people who they admired. Not only the act but also how they walk , speak , using clothes , etc. In this process parents should be guide their children so they won't get in the wrong way. In this time they really easy to believe other people assumption and they like to try something new so if parents don't guide them properly they could fell into disaster.So parents have really big responsible in the process of adolescene , they are the one who give their children good advice and manage their limit.

[Week III] 5 Sentences

1. Students are required to consult their psychologist
2. Definition of anxiety is a mood condition that responds to fear
3. People can estimate a student's stress by his response
4. The doctor's estimation is that the student can create stress if he worked too hard
5. The requirement for a stressed student is to achieve calmness

[Week III] 5 word forms in sentences

1. When people are impacted by stress, they could find a professional assistance.

2. The response of brain will increase when the student create a bad thought about the test, this could be called test anxiety.

3. The requirement that you need to have before a test is to have a preparation and a good mind so that you could decrease the impact of the stress.

4. The body's function will be unstable when a person face a problem that he couldn't solve, finally it will conduct a stress.

5. Test anxiety is defined as a respond of the body towards the anxiety.

[Week III] Sentences

1. The critical effect of anxiety could jeopardize the mind function which will create a massive stress instead.

2. The basic assistance should be given for student who is in test anxiety is efforts from their parents.

3. High level of test anxiety requires a significant further attention for the sufferer.

4. Not only defines as a nausea or nervous feeling, anxiety would also caused by a very high pleasant feeling or much more excited.

5. Anxiety could impact the brain system of people mind, ended up by making the shortest decision comes out from our mind without any second thoughts.

[Week III] 5 Sentences

1. Test anxiety can affect the function of students so they won't be able to achieve good grades.

2. Students who have high estimation of themselves create some stress.

3. Parents's response to students who have a high level of stress is to assist them in reducing their stress level.

4. The impact of high level of stress is depression and depressed students need to consult a professional.

5. The creation of stress requires some important event.

[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is a process of growing from a child to an adult. This process happens to everyone and it is very difficult to determine when it begins or when it ends. Usually adolescence is filled with turmoil, stress, rebellion, conflict, and negativism but it is also a period of growth and positive changes.

The beginning of adolescence is usually marked by physical changes. The physical changes are growth spurt such as increasing height and weight and also sexual maturation. Some psychological problems of early adolescence is caused by the growth spurt because there are some changes in the body. Some boys and girls reach puberty faster or slower than their friends. This can be classified as early or late bloomers. Boys gain more profit in early maturity than the girls but boys suffer more in late maturity than the girls.

Another sign of adolescence is identity crisis. Identity crisis is a process of finding one's identity and his or her purpose in life. This process can cause many confusion and conflict in some youngsters. Adolescence can also cause adolescent egocentrism. Teenagers often feel that they are the center of attention and everything about them will be judged even though no one really cares. This is called constructing an imaginary audience. Sometimes teenagers will also become overconfident in their abilities and having irrational beliefs that they can do everything.

Parents should help their children solve the problems that is caused by adolescence. This is a must because parents are the closest person to their children. How the teenagers will solve their problems in adolescence depends on the parenting style of the parents. The parenting styles are authoritarian, permissive, and democratic. The best parenting style is democratic because it gives freedom and at the same time parents can control their children. This proves that parents are essential to their children.

[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is the stage of growth from childhood to adulthood. A person will change his or her appearance, societal, and maturity. Teenagers are heavily associated with the adolescent development as in recent years it had been increased in adolescence. The teenage years are from 13-19.

The first to notice of our growth is our appearances. We begin to grow our size and weight as we grow older. However, there are problems regarding to growth. Some boys and girls grow faster than their friends but sometimes slower than the others. Boys kept growing while girls stopped growing at a certain age.

The second notice is our maturity and behavior. When we start to grow older, we realize that we felt a sudden change in ourselves such as stopped doing childish things and our behavior starts to act like adults. We also begin to feel that we have our own rights to do anything we want. However, in our teen years, there are some problems that can make us unstable which sometimes caused by unpredictable problems.

Even though teenagers can easily become unstable, they still can control themselves with a help of their parents and friends. They just need someone to support and encourage them.

[Week III] Adolescence

Adolescence is a common part of our period of development. It is a period of development when people turn from children into adults. It exactly existed between both of them.

In this period of our development we often find ourselves hard to control ourselves, especially in our passions of doing anything like we want. It happens because when we leave our childhood's lives and we become more independent, and when we become more independent, we will think what is the best for ourselves by our own. So, automatically it will makes us to be unstable, because there are so many things that we don't know well yet in this terms. Like stated before, that adolescence is a terms when people are no longer children but not yet adults.

[Week III] (Home Work 1 - Sentences - Aldy)

The five sentences are:

1. Stresses in life range from common text anxiety till mental disorder which interferes the
function of the brain.

2. Psychologists will conduct tests to examine the patient based on their responses to the
questions given.

3. Students who over-estimate their future achievements are very prone to stresses.

4. Being too anxious will create a bad impact on the students' performance in their tests.

5. Students with severe stress cases are required to have consultation with the school's
counselor.

[Week III] Sentences

1.Test anxiety creates stress that can disturb brain function.

2.Parents assistance is needed when their children got an impact of test anxiety.

3.It would have required much research to produce a solution to prevent test anxiety.

4.The definition of test anxiety is the respond of stress that related to testing.

5.The professional assistance is required when you already in a deep depress.

[Week III] 5 sentences about test anxiety or stress

1.Students might achieve a better grade for the exam because of test anxiety, because they will study properly before the test.
2.A high level of stress can conduct us to a loss of function.
3.Usually, people respond to be anxious before an exam or waiting for something important.
4.Anxiety defines a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease.
5.Sometimes, it requires the help of psychologist or other licensed professionals for anxious people.

[Week III] Instruction - Five sentences & Writing

Week III

1. Five sentences about test anxiety or stress

2. Writing: Adolescence