Name of the Activity: Celebrating Adolescence
Instructions:
1. Form a group with _____ members
2. Each member will be asked to share his or her understanding of the purpose and meaning
of teenage life, and also the roles of a teenager in relation to people that he or she loves or
values.
3. Come up with a figure or object that would describe the essence of this stage in your
personality development and explain why.
4. Appoint somebody from your group to report your output on August 4.
Gr. # 3 Responses to T1:
Your understanding of the
purpose and meaning of
teenage life.
Leader: Teenage life is a phase in
which we all go through. In
this phase, we are curious
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and wish to seek answers
for the questions we have
in ourselves. We have fun
and live our lives to the
fullest as it is just a
onetime event. The
purpose of teenage life is
to gain experiences,
knowing ourselves more,
have a straight vision
towards our goals, learn
from our mistakes and
subtly grow to mature. For
now, we’re still growing
and healing at our own
pace.
Members: The life of a teenager is
one with many changes
and transitions. This
1. Lyla Marife particular stage in life is
Hamilton important because it’s
when a teenager goes
through self-discovery and
development. A teenager’s
mind is often very open
and curious about the
surrounding world.
Responses to T2:
The roles of a teenager in relation to
people that you love or value.
Teenagers are responsible for
controlling their thoughts and of their
actions. Their role to the people they
love/value is to be someone whom
they can talk to and a shoulder to lean
on. Life may be tough for us and we’re
all tired of our own dramas but we are
only a teen for a short amount of time.
We are responsible for each other’s
happiness although we can’t please
everyone, we can still be a blessing to
others. We, teenagers, also have a
role to make our family proud by being
goal driven and study well to
strengthen the foundation of our future
with our love ones.
Teenagers will meet different kinds of
people in their lifetime. They’ll even
start to notice what makes a person
admirable and unique in their eyes.
Relationships come and go and
teenagers are going to have to learn
how to maintain healthy relationships
with other people.
 Teenagers learn to control
their emotions and become
more mature.
For me, the purpose and
meaning of our teenage
life is that it is a process to
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Gomez develop who we are and
what we will be in the
future. Also, to explore
new things while we are
still young. Being a teen
sometimes makes us
rebellious. We think
everything we do is right
but being a teenager
makes us learn from those
things. This time of our
lives is important because
this is where we are able
to find our true friends and
ourselves.
A teenage life can be
thought of as the
motivating aim of life, the
3. Cydrick Haynes reason to wake up in the
C. Garces morning. It can be linked to
career responsibilities,
friends or family, spirituality
and religious beliefs, or all
of the above. Above all,
this stage is all about
experiences in order for us
to grow, and to face what
is reality or what is the
meaning of life.
I think that the purpose or
meaning of teen life is that
we find ourselves. This
4. Isaiah Louis time in our life is where we
Intong find things that we actually
want to do in the future. In
this stage, we shape
ourselves into a person
who’s worthy in the family
and also with society and
The role of a teenager in relation to
people that he/she loves is to be with
them no matter how badly things get
and to be of help when they need it. No
matter what the time is, whether they
are sad or happy you should be with
them, that’s the role that you will fulfill
as a teenager because it helps you
grow and mold you into the person that
you will be in the future.
The role of a teenager is to be
responsible and understanding so that
they’re able to handle things properly.
One of their roles also is to aid the
people in their surroundings in times of
need. Teenagers should know what
are the right things to do when it
comes to their loved ones, because it
is their way to have a good relationship
with them. They should be responsible
for their actions so that they could not
encounter consequences that might
ruin or hurt their family and friends.
The role of a teenager in relation to
people that he/she loves or value is to
be a helping hand to the one they
treasure the most. I think that
teenagers should be helpful towards
the person he/she loves because
everyone needs help from time to time.
Teenagers should also be a
cheerleader in a sense that they could
uplift the spirits of their loved ones so
 God. At this juncture it that they can be happy.
exposes us to new and
unique ideas, social
situations, and people
which causes us to
develop or adjust to these
new experiences we feel.
Another purpose that I
think that’s part of being a
teenager is to live a life
that we may call satisfying
or a life with not much
regret.

“The rough stone is inside us. We have to find and then polish it; it takes time and effort.” -
Shiro Nishi, Whisper of the Heart, 1995

The essence of adolescence is much like of this

gemstone — rough, unpolished, but still natural. You don’t expect perfection at first at this stage
because of our imperfections but with constant growth and effort we are slowly seeing the true value
of ourselves. We can turn our flaws and imperfections into something beautiful and glow like a
precious gemstone. Thus, a teenager is like a gemstone that has not yet been polished and they
need their parents to guide and support them unto the right path in order to reach their full potential.