Hellen Fleming’s piece on teen marriage was shocking to me. Even being in high school myself, I don’t know of anyone who is getting married, and she has four couples just within her own school. This piece offered me insight into an issue that I didn’t even know was an issue. Overall I thought that this piece was effective in getting the point across, it certainly flowed well, and was informal which let me know how the youth really felt as well as what they really sounded like, and I liked that you could hear the sounds of the school in the background. The piece did cover the issue from several different perspectives, but I would have liked to hear more from the engaged teens as well as maybe how their parents feel about the premature proposals. I feel that hearing from more of the engaged teens might have offered the answer I’m looking for the most, what’s the rush?
Review of Teen Marriage
Selomé Samuel
Posted on May 31, 2005 at 01:54 PM
Hellen Fleming’s piece on teen marriage was shocking to me. Even being in high school myself, I don’t know of anyone who is getting married, and she has four couples just within her own school. This piece offered me insight into an issue that I didn’t even know was an issue. Overall I thought that this piece was effective in getting the point across, it certainly flowed well, and was informal which let me know how the youth really felt as well as what they really sounded like, and I liked that you could hear the sounds of the school in the background. The piece did cover the issue from several different perspectives, but I would have liked to hear more from the engaged teens as well as maybe how their parents feel about the premature proposals. I feel that hearing from more of the engaged teens might have offered the answer I’m looking for the most, what’s the rush?