Learning in the Age of the Trigger Warning
11 years ago
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Charlotte Temple: THE REMIx (Chapter XXI)
This was Clarissa's second week at Greenville and she still had not made any friends. Without her knowing she was being watched by Bernice. Bernice Braxton was the most popular and well liked girls in all the school. She was the president of almost every club and had been on the principals honor roll list every year. One day Bernice was eating lunch with her friends when she noticed Clarissa eating lunch alone. She decides to go over and introduce herself. "Hey my name is Bernice what's yours?" "Hey my name is Clarissa." Bernice says you should come and try out for out school's dance team, I'm the captain and we are looking for new members. Clarissa says okay I'll be there! After joining the dance team Clarissa and Bernice instantly become best friends, they spend all their time together. One night they went to a party that one of their teammates was having. While at the party Clarissa is introduced to the captain of the varsity basketball team, Jonathan Williams. After, the party Jonathan and Clarissa begin to date. Clarissa falls head over heels for him. Jonathan starts to pressure Clarissa about having sex. He says if you really love me you will show me by "really" making love to me. Clarissa says I do really love you but I am not ready to give myself to you that way. Over the course of three months Jonathan continues to pressure her and she finals gives in. A month later Clarissa finds out that she is pregnant. She does not know how she is going to tell her parents. She asks Bernice how should she tells her parents and Bernice says you should write them a letter........
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This is a great story and very realistic. I could see this happening in today’s school. Students are faced with a lot of pressure. They have their parents telling them one thing, the school another and peers telling them yet another is right. I had a very positive experience as an adolescent in school and at home. I had a lot of friends however, who did not and I can see the lasting effects it’s had on them. Pressure can really take a toll on some one’s life. I am sure Clarissa’s parents wanted her to be happy and have fun. She longed to fit in and keep her popular boyfriend in love with her so she gave in and gave herself to him. This is a major issue that faces teen’s everyday. It’s hard to see clearly through the clouds of “love”. The pressure to fit in and do what you think is right is always present. I have two younger sisters and I would love to tell them everything I know now in hopes of preventing them from getting hurt. I have come to realize they must make their own mistakes and learn from them. The best way to learn is through experience, all I can do is guide them in the right direction and set a good example. However, I do hope and pray their mistakes are a bit smaller then Clarissa’s.
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