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Teens Unplugged
Teens Unplugged 2
We survived our first year after High School! You can too!
Last year, local parents and the Community Services
Center developed and put on a targeted workshop
for graduating seniors in the international
community who were, for the first time, going
to live away from home (perhaps abroad) or go into the
world of work. This workshop was conceived to address
the fact that many teens who attend college overseas or
work, even if it is in their country of origin, while prepared
academically, may be unprepared in terms of many aspects
of living independently for the first time.
This year, we are pleased to announce that this free,
half-day workshop will be held at Taipei European School’s
Primary Campus on Wen Lin Road in Shilin on Sunday
April 18th, from 1-5 pm. Refreshments will be offered
along with door prizes.
The format, which was favorably received by the teen
participants last year, is a series of informal topic group
discussions. Returning are several of last year’s dynamic
‘peer’ group leaders who are recent alumni from TAS, TES
and other international schools. These leaders are close
to the graduates in age and background and can provide
healthy encouragement in terms of having successfully
‘survived’ the first year after high school.
Topics will include the more practical aspects of living
independently in a college atmosphere or work field, such as:
Living without Parents (which covers independent living
skills such as laundry, cooking and managing finances.)
Fitting In (Social connection, adjustment, college social
clubs, finding one’s niche)
Avoiding the Traps (Sex, drugs and rock n roll; negative
relationships; isolation, etc.)
Sign-up sheets will be available at each of the
international schools and, for the first time, through a
Facebook page that will be made available to teens through
their school’s PTA and website.
The intention is not only to make this retreat fun and
useful for graduating seniors, but also to provide some key
missing elements that will allow them to bloom where they
are planted!
Finally, The Center is looking for a parent-volunteer for
next year to act as a community liaison to help continue
this project into the future. For info, please contact Roma
Mehta at coteditor@community.com.tw.
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