On Being a Teenager & Knowing It All
I became a teenager in 1957. Significant events that year included:
• The Boeing 707 flew for the first time
• Russia launched Sputnik 2 but the 1st US attempt to launch a satellite failed
• All 326,000 Dutch nationals were expelled from Indonesia
• The Elvis Presley films “Jailhouse Rock” and “Loving You” opened across the USA
• The US suspended nuclear testing for 2 years.
As I grew towards maturity I was more than willing to share my often controversial views with my community (through the medium of letters to the editor of the “Marlborough Express”) on issues such as:
• Defending teenage behaviour
• Against duck shooting
• In favour of pacifism
• Saving the “Edwin Fox”- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Fox.
I thought I knew it all then.
• The Boeing 707 flew for the first time
• Russia launched Sputnik 2 but the 1st US attempt to launch a satellite failed
• All 326,000 Dutch nationals were expelled from Indonesia
• The Elvis Presley films “Jailhouse Rock” and “Loving You” opened across the USA
• The US suspended nuclear testing for 2 years.
As I grew towards maturity I was more than willing to share my often controversial views with my community (through the medium of letters to the editor of the “Marlborough Express”) on issues such as:
• Defending teenage behaviour
• Against duck shooting
• In favour of pacifism
• Saving the “Edwin Fox”- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Fox.
I thought I knew it all then.
No comments have been added yet.
