I read the yearbook article, and while I was definitely one of those kids who wasn't in a single candid shot or superlative in the yearbook, what they were trying to do with equalizing the attention didn't seem that bad to me. But it also doesn't strike me as something that's necessarily going to be all that effective. By the time the yearbooks come out, the kids who aren't valued already know what their status is, so making all this effort to give them equal time and attention (and really, portraying a false portrait for the sake of the yearbook), isn't going to make any real changes in their status.
Or to put it more simply: if you're unpopular and spend four years sitting alone in the cafeteria, what does it matter if some yearbook staff make a big deal about making sure you're in a candid shot?
The article about attitudes about teen sexuality in Europe vs. the US isn't surprising at all. I'm just amazed how many people can't accept that puritanism simply doesn't work.
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:06 pm (UTC)Or to put it more simply: if you're unpopular and spend four years sitting alone in the cafeteria, what does it matter if some yearbook staff make a big deal about making sure you're in a candid shot?
The article about attitudes about teen sexuality in Europe vs. the US isn't surprising at all. I'm just amazed how many people can't accept that puritanism simply doesn't work.