Teenagers and Andy Hardy
That’s the young Andy Rooney hoping for a kiss from the young Ann Rutherford in the 1938 film, Love Finds Andy Hardy.
Urban Lit. for Kids: Interview with Carol Faas
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Urban-Lit.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/2/2004 Urban Lit. for Kids: Interview with Carol Faas Transcript We spoke earlier this fall with Carol Faas, the media specialist at one of the local high schools in our city, who has found herself adding some unusual new books to her library — […]
Some New Books About Manners
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Manners-Books-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/15/2001 Some New Books About Manners Transcript Out of polite respect for National Etiquette Week, we thought wed let you know about some new books dealing with proper conduct for young people. In Harriet Ziefert’s recent picture book, Someday Well Have Very Good Manners, […]
Teen Read Week
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Teen-Read-Week-1.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/16/2000 Teen Read Week Transcript It’s Teen Read Week, and one book that I’d urge you to somehow get into the hands of the teenagers in your life is The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey. He’s the son of Stephen […]
American High
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/American-High.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 9/6/2000 American High Transcript Here’s Koren Stembridge on the Internet, with a review of one of the latest reality-based shows – this one for teenagers. By now, you must have heard about the FOX network’s reality-TV series “American High” – you may have even […]
Up In Smoke
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Smoking-Again.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/10/2000 Up in Smoke Transcript I was tuned in to The Real World one night and it suddenly struck me that everyone in the cast of MTV’s hit show about the supposedly “real” lives of young people today was smoking. Not awkward, peer bonding […]