Adolescence and the Teenage Crush Open-Ended Responses

1.   A crush is when the teenager feels smitten by a compelling person who captivates their attention for good or ill. The different types of crushes are romantic crushes, identity crushes, and celebrity crushes. "...identity crushes and romantic crushes. In both cases, the teenager feels smitten by compelling person who captivates their attention for good and ill. A third kind is the celebrity crush..." ( paragraph 1).


4. The author suggest that parents should respect children s' crushes and not criticize or dismiss them.  " This why parents need to respect an adolescent crush and not dismiss or put it down" ( paragraph 2).

                                                       Discussion Question:


1. I agree with Dr. Pickhardt's views on crushes because everyone goes through the crush stage as a teenager. Yes, I have experienced what Dr. Pickhardt has described.


2. The advantage of having a crush is you have the chance of admiring someone you may look up to. However, the disadvantage is your parents may not approve of your crush or the person you are crushing on , may not be who you think they are.


4. The experience of having a crush shape a person because having a crush gives a teenager an idea of what type of person they want to be in a relationship with , when they are old enough to date and what traits they may or may not like their significant other to have.

Poem Open-Ended Responses

1. I think the author is a woman. This is significant because the poem shows concern and the author perspective on being inferior to men in society. This influence how we understand the poem because we are able to relate and put ourselves in the author's shoes.

2. Yes, I believe these are apt metaphors when its comes to the power play between women and men because men in society are the ( Sovereigns) and the women are the slaves because the men hold more power, (especially during this time period) when it came to decision making, voting on laws, and family concerns.

5. The author most likely means that love...paints a Phoenix, which means a new life or future is ahead, which a woman can see through her eyes before it actually happens. The figurative significance of this line is the woman, like a phoenix, will die but her spirit will emerge from the ashes and the pain she has endured over time and start a new life; one better than before.