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Video activity: The importance of an unhappy adolescence

text of The School of Life Channel

Part 1 - Exploring the theme and sharing experiences

 How was your adolescence?

 Did you feel scared in some way?
 Were you rude or misbehave at the time?
 What was your biggest question?

Part 2- Watch the video and choose the best alternatives:

1 - The first response of the teenager to think themselves uniquely:

a) lucky

b) cursed

c) satisfied

d) sad

2- The true end point of adolescence is:

a) when you stop growing.

b) when you get a job.

c) when one stops asking huge questions.

d) when one acquires the resources and intelligence to build an entire life.

3 - According to the video, when the teenager starts to love himself?

a) when he starts to hate himself.

b) when he starts fitting into friend’s groups.

c) when he starts treating yourself better.

d) when he loves the way he looks.

Part 3 - Complete the text with the words given:

vicinity – sense – critical – communication – selectively

The most beautiful pieces of _____________humanity has ever produced have largely been
the work of people who couldn’t find anyone in the __________ they could talk. And lastly, the
________ that one is different from other people, though it may be problematic at the time,
represents a __________ moment when a new generation starts to probe at and ________
improve upon the existing order.

precondition – stand – sterile – find – folly- miserable

To be 16 and ________ everything perfect as it is would be a terrifyingly __________ position

to adopt a refusal to accept the __________, error and evil of the world is a _____________
of later achievement. There are really seems no alternative but to be ___________ in mid-
adolescence if one is to _________ any chance of making a go of the rest of one´s life.

Part 4 – Write about yourself:

a) What was your favorite song as a teenager?

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b) Where did you like to go when you were young?

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c) How was the experience of falling in love for the first time in life?

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d) Which type of outfits young boys and girls used to wear at the time?

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e) Do you believe that adolescence was an essential step in defining who you are today?

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