@MegaJar You’d think so, but sadly, no. most adults fall into some category of “my childhood/adolescence sucked, therefore theirs should too” or “kids these days have it easy for [insert BS reason].” Empathy is rare.
See, here’s what I don’t get. All these stories about adults not “getting” teens — not just in this comic, but practically all fiction ever written — seem to be overlooking one simple fact: every single one of these adults were once teens themselves. Do they not remember what it was like for them? Sure, times change, society looks different now than it did 20 years ago…but the core experience of adolescence — the hormones, the anxiety, the pressure — these are all universal, timeless constants that everyone goes through, no matter what era they grew up in. And yet, the adults in these stories are always portrayed as being either clueless or indifferent to the problems that their kids are facing, the very same problems that they themselves faced in their own times.
Yes, she’s the weird one. And man, those days did suck. Oddly, SAT prep was one thing I didn’t hate, cause it meant college, and that was my ticket out.
@TheJayster49: Tina also has trouble by get through to her students at elementary school, such as when she made a colleague into disguising himself as a Ninja Turtle but she knew absolutely nothing about who they were and all of her students (and the fake Ninja Turtle) complained about that.
About Joel’s future, I once published in my DA some picture about his sister, Katy, in the 2020s where she became a rockstar and I even mentioned Joel entering into POLITICS but it ended so badly because of “many bad things” inside his senator campaign: https://www.deviantart.com/great-disaster/art/Katy-Maxwell-30-Years-Later-929184695
I recall from the original comic that Tina was formerly a teacher at Joel’s school, but the students were too rowdy for her to handle. Assuming that’s still true in this iteration, Tina is still clearly TRYING to get through to teens like her son which is great effort on her part.
Problem is, she lacks any formal understanding of the issues that plague Joel. Hey, baby steps are still steps, right?
@MegaJar You’d think so, but sadly, no. most adults fall into some category of “my childhood/adolescence sucked, therefore theirs should too” or “kids these days have it easy for [insert BS reason].” Empathy is rare.
See, here’s what I don’t get. All these stories about adults not “getting” teens — not just in this comic, but practically all fiction ever written — seem to be overlooking one simple fact: every single one of these adults were once teens themselves. Do they not remember what it was like for them? Sure, times change, society looks different now than it did 20 years ago…but the core experience of adolescence — the hormones, the anxiety, the pressure — these are all universal, timeless constants that everyone goes through, no matter what era they grew up in. And yet, the adults in these stories are always portrayed as being either clueless or indifferent to the problems that their kids are facing, the very same problems that they themselves faced in their own times.
Yes, she’s the weird one. And man, those days did suck. Oddly, SAT prep was one thing I didn’t hate, cause it meant college, and that was my ticket out.
@Mole204: Once again, your level of empathy is staggering.
God. This is making me feel under pressure and I’ve been out of high school for years now!
@TheJayster49: Tina also has trouble by get through to her students at elementary school, such as when she made a colleague into disguising himself as a Ninja Turtle but she knew absolutely nothing about who they were and all of her students (and the fake Ninja Turtle) complained about that.
About Joel’s future, I once published in my DA some picture about his sister, Katy, in the 2020s where she became a rockstar and I even mentioned Joel entering into POLITICS but it ended so badly because of “many bad things” inside his senator campaign: https://www.deviantart.com/great-disaster/art/Katy-Maxwell-30-Years-Later-929184695
Honestly, its nice to see Tina trying to understand what her son is going through and the pressure he faces.
Oh noes, you have to be competent, what a terror.
This was around the time that people began to face the fact that college was now mostly useless.
I recall from the original comic that Tina was formerly a teacher at Joel’s school, but the students were too rowdy for her to handle. Assuming that’s still true in this iteration, Tina is still clearly TRYING to get through to teens like her son which is great effort on her part.
Problem is, she lacks any formal understanding of the issues that plague Joel. Hey, baby steps are still steps, right?