Summarize the content of the conversation in indirect speech accentuating the major problems touched in it.
Discuss the following in dialogues arguing the point.
1. "Paul feels free to express himself with me just as he would with his friends. He accepts me as a kind of friend."
Do you think that this kind of teacher-pupil relationship is acceptable? Should there exist a kind of "distance" between teacher and pupil ? Should the pupil's familiarity be encouraged or discouraged ?
2. "Teenagers aren't really so different."
Aren't they? If they are, in what? If they are not, try to prove it.
3. "But look at the way they dress and their hair!"
Yes! What about juvenile 
юношеская clothes and fashions ?! And as to hair, it is, of course, a heart-breaking topic of many domestic rows.
4. "The so-called generation gap is a myth."
Is it? Why then is it so much talked about?
5. "The idea of teenagers who have rejected the values of their
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parents for a sort of mixture of violence and lethargy is totally unrealistic."
Let us hope it is unrealistic. But both violence and lethargy of the young do seem to be existent phenomena. Or don't they?
Use the following conversational formulas of agreeing and disagreeing.
a) I couldn't agree more. Perfectly true! How right you are! Very nicely put! I'm of the same opinion. I fully support this. I accept this point of view. I won't deny it. It stands to reason. On the whole you may be right.
b) I can't accept this. You're entirely wrong. I differ from you. It's the other way around. It doesn't make sense. Far from it! That's to tally unfounded! I'm not so sure. I wouldn't go so far. I don't see your point.
III. One of the much-discussed problems nowadays is well formulated in the title of the popular film "Is it easy to be young?" The text that follows seems to answer the question by a definite "no". What is your opinion?
Read the text
Childhood is Certainly not the Happiest Time of your Life
It's about time somebody exploded разражается that hoary 
почтенный old myth about childhood being the happiest period of your life. Childhood may certainly be fairly happy, but its greatest moments can't compare with the sheer 
абсолютным joy of being an adult 
. Who ever asked a six-year-old for an opinion? Children don't have opinions, or if they do, nobody notices. Adults choose the clothes their children will wear, the books they will read and the friends they will play with. Mother and father are kindly but absolute dictators. This is an adult world, and though children may be deeply loved, they have to be manipulated 
so as not to interfere too seriously with the lives of their elders and betters. The essential difference between manhood and childhood is the same as the difference between independence and subjection.
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For all the nostalgic remarks you hear, which adult would honestly change places with a child? Think of the years at school: the years spent living in constant fear of examinations and school reports. Every movement you make, every thought you think is observed by some critical adult who may draw unflattering 
нелестные conclusions about your character. Think of the curfews 
время, после которого ребёнку не разрешается быть вне дома, the martial 
law военное положение, the times you had to go to bed early, do as you were told, eat disgusting stuff
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that was supposed to be good for you. Remember how "gentle" pressure was applied with remarks like "if you don't do as I say, I'll..." and a dire ужасное warning would follow.
Even so, these are only part of a child's troubles. No matter how kind and loving adults may be, children often suffer from terrible, illogical fears which are the result of ignorance and an inability to understand the world around them. Nothing can equal the abject 
жалкий fear a child may feel in the dark, the absolute 
horror 
of childish 
nightmares. Adults can share their fears with other adults; children invariably 
face their fears alone. But the most painful part of childhood is the period when you begin to emerge выходить from it: adolescence 
подросткового возраста. Teenagers may rebel 
violently возмущаться against parental authority, but this causes them great unhappiness. There is a complete lack of self-confidence during this time. Adolescents 
подростки are overconscious of their appearance and the impression they make on others. They feel shy, awkward 
неловкими and clumsy 
неуклюжими. Feelings are intense and hearts easily broken. Teenagers experience moments of tremendous 
elation or black despair отчаяние. And through this turmoil 
суматоху, adults seem to be more hostile 
враждебными than ever.
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What a relief it is to grow up. Suddenly you regain your balance; the world opens up before you. You are free to choose; you have your own place to live in and your own money to spend. You do not have to seek constant approval for everything you do. You are no longer teased, punished or ridiculed by heartless adults because you failed to come up подходить to some theoretical standard. And if on occasion you are teased, you know how to deal with it. You can simply tell other adults to go to hell: you are one yourself.
(From: "For and Against" by L.G. Alexander)
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