"Adolescents appear to need more intense emotional stimulation than either children or adults."
During the adolescence stage, a child's brain releases new hormones that begin to further develop a child's body and mind. A very important stage, puberty, takes place during adolescence. Puberty is defined as "the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction". An adolescent's emotional stage changes drastically, as new thoughts emerge in their heads. Appearance become a big part of a teen's thinking and that comes with the thought of "do I fit in?". The major implication that can be drawn from the above statement regarding instruction is that guidance in some form should be either offered or given to adolescents everywhere.
While peer-to-peer confrontation brings up good ideas that could stem from it, I feel as though it would not be very effective. If an adolescent has a problem, either internally or externally, I don't believe he or she will be able to find an answer or solution from a peer who is most likely dealing with the same problem. however, I do believe that by talking to a peer about a problem, an adolescent will feel more comfortable in sharing their problems, rather than talking to a parent or teacher.
The more effective form of instruction would be student-to-teacher confrontation. A teacher not only is an adult, but has passed through the adolescence stage and knows how to deal different situations and circumstances. more knowledge can passed down from teacher to student so the student can find the best resolution for the problem. Even though a student might not feel as comfortable confronting a teacher about his or her problem, in the end they will have a better idea of how to handle their certain situation.
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