Fornits
General Interest => Feed Your Head => Topic started by: Anonymous on June 20, 2006, 02:52:00 PM
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Has anyone read this book? If so, what did you think?
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I read it years ago.
Quinn offers no 'solutions, but it was great in terms of identifying the problem.
If you liked it, you may like this essay:
http://ishmael.com/Education/Writings/rice_u_2_98.shtml (http://ishmael.com/Education/Writings/rice_u_2_98.shtml)
Why regulations and warehouses are not going to save kids.
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It has been a few years since I have read Quinn, but this forum jogged my memory. I appreciate the link--it was good to once again read his description of the vast underlying problem in our society. His parable children story was a great way of showing that third-person point of view of the teen industry. His ability to simplify a semilingly overwhelming concept allows for a solution. I dont think the solution for the teen industry is going to be accomplished by an agency, or a group. I think it will be one by one. Luckily, we have a forum to spread the information quickly. If more parents asked themselves 'WHAT is it my child needs', before succumbing to easy way out (setting more regulations or sending them to a facility based on regimenting life), there may be more solutions on an individual basis then an industry wide answer.
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Has anyone read this book? If so, what did you think?
I read it a few years ago. It's a great book, full of insight. Then I read "The Story of B", by the same author, I think that was the title. I also enjoyed that book. I reccomend them both.