to the person who wroteeee ...

why are so many people commenting complaining that adults don't know what teenagers think and how it's wrong for them to assume that they do, when this book was written by a teenager?!

yes it was wrote by a teenager |-) ? , ONE teenager dose not meen they all think the same okaaaay ?


every teenager is diffrent , why becouse there pepole and there all diffrent !

I survived the teenage years .............almost

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nt al teenagerz r lyk dat..am nerli 14 nd no way am i lyk dat.if ppls rents read dis dey myt actuali folow wt it says nd wt gud wud dat b?

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If you are a self-respecting bookworm, then you could do a lot worse than read through extracts of my new book on www.bebo.com/JadedGoodie The 288-page publication can be ordered from Amazon.ca or Waterstones and is due out at the beginning of March.
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Yer u dnt know how I think!!! Like wtf who do u think u r? Lol I'm jks nice page geez u must get brd!!

im a teenager and i dont like it cos
your just stereotyping every teenager into one big thing
not everyone thinks the same.

and i dont think adults would be to pleased if we braught out a book called "how adults think"

because no-one knows for a fact
what people really think

just cus im a teenager my life dosent revolve around material things as you seem to be emplying that all teenagers do

so like heres so facts

not all teenagers lose their virginity before there 16

not all of them smoke
and not all of them are drunks or taking drugs

How ignorant of this Jackman chap - when you bring out a book Jack , let me know!

Oh but wait , obviously you dont have enough time on your hands as you spend all your time "trying" to be smart by ignorantly debating against this book. Just cause your fed up with your own pathetic life does not give you the right to criticize Ellie!

Oh and stop quoting off the net , go and actually buy the book!

Quote:I am 19 and can remember exactly how I felt, so I know most teenagers who pick up her book will instantly deny it all but you're teenagers and that's your job.

I say good luck to her.
Unquote.

Untrue. You talk of roles and jobs, in as general temrs as the author. I am not light handed when it comes to dismissal, and I think that if a teenager wrote such a book, it would be on a personal level, and not as all teenagers would think.

To smart-guy who asked me where the book I was writing: Should have done your homework, man, mine's a work in progress.

Bah.. why are so many people commenting complaining that adults don't know what teenagers think and how it's wrong for them to assume that they do, when this book was written by a teenager?!
Also, I've read the entire thing, and she's not just assuming that every teenager does everything mentioned in the book.. but some do all of it, some do bits of it and okay some may do none of it... but it's finally a teenager's opinion out there for adults to access easily (unless they're confident enough to ask their own kids.. and get a full response).

Oh and.. I don't know if you remember me because we didn't really talk but I met you at Jaz's party, Ellie. Just wanted to say it was a really good book and I agreed with alot of what you were saying.. and then read loads of other people's comments and got annoyed. XD Heh.. anywho.
Bye!
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I think you should all give her a break. Teenagers have been, and will continue to be, a rule unto themselves. Every parent has at some point been a teenager (I'm not being patronising that is just how it goes) but what they thought, is more than likely nothing like what you are thinking (and what is expected from teenagers has changed) - just as Jack Jackman pointed out in a less than respectful manner. The problem is that nowadays people need a quick fix solution to everything, i.e they want to read a book and know how their children work, but they don't like other adults telling them how to raise their children. Therefore a book written by a teenager would be more appealing, and Ellie has filled the gap. I am 19 and can remember exactly how I felt, so I know most teenagers who pick up her book will instantly deny it all but you're teenagers and that's your job.

I say good luck to her.

Quote:
How Teenagers Think has been published as a proper book (with pages and everything.... I know, so old fashioned, right?)
Unquote.

So, what, you're going to play 'down with the kids' now? I've been reading seriously since I was eight.

i agree with jack jackman and david hollywood
SHAME ON YOU STEREOTYPICAL BASTARDS!!!

i agree with jack jackman chap

cool book

Hey guys, I'm glad you like the book.

A couple of you have posted asking why there's only one chapter/where the rest of the book is.

How Teenagers Think has been published as a proper book (with pages and everything.... I know, so old fashioned, right?) so if you want to read more than the taster chapter posted here, you'd better get down to your local Waterstone's and grab a copy off the shelf - or for you more technologically minded, just search for "jellyellie" on Amazon.

Let me know what you think of the rest of it - and tell all your friends and their parents about it too!

I think it's ignorant to assume you know what's going on in anyone's mind, especially those of such a large group as teenage people. I have watched countless documentaries claiming to know what children and teenagers, think, and none of it ever came close to how I think or how I used to think as a younger child. It's really insulting, thinking that a person can be summed up in a bunch of words without knowing them. It's common steriotypicalism. I never get into bad moods if I'm denied what I intend to do, and so on... It wouldn't even be as bad if you accepted that not all teenagers can be generalized in such a way.