Loony Teens

Comic 1

Comic 2

Comic 3

What does the cartoon have to say about teenagers and their lives?

1. How does the teenager feel about exam tension?

He immediately loses his confidence once the exam starts, apart from forgetting everything he had studied for the exam, regardless of how how well-prepared he is.

2. In what way is there a communication gap between the teenager and his parents?

The teenager and his parents have different perceptions towards the same matter. To the father, education is very important for the teenager and thus he is concerned about his son's performance in studies. The teenager, on the other hand, views education as a routine and feels that there is nothing significant about studies, as it has been a part of his normal daily life.

3. What point is the teenager trying to get across to his father in this cartoon?

The message the teenager is trying to get across to his father is that his father still do not understand him well enough, as well as the fact that the thinking of the younger generation, such as the teenager's, differs from his generation's. Thus, the father should not put his son into the same intellectual mold as his.

4. In what way does the father understand his son well?

The son always find his father's thoughts clashes with his.