In this period of their life
teenagers have many problems: problems at school, problems with parents,
drinking alcohol or taking drugs.
Many teenagers run away from
home, because they want to lead their own life. They don’t want to listen to
their parents, because they think their parents don’t understand them.
Today we gathered here in our
Talk-Show to discuss some problems: Why teenagers run away from home and
relations between parents and their children.
So, I invite to the studio
our interviewer Sindy Smith
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Hello, Sindy. What do you
think about it?
Sindy:
Hello, I agree with you. It’s
a very actual problem nowadays. A lot of teenagers in many countries all over the
world have the same problem. So, today in the studio we all together will try
to solve this problem. Be active, ask questions, share with your opinions, take
part in our discussion. You can also call to our studio and the number is 06457. A lot of quests are
invited to our programme today. And our first guest is Vicky Samson. Hi, Vicky.
How are you? I see you look very happy.
Vicky:
Yes, I am very
happy now.
Int.:
How did it all start? Why did
you run away from home?
Vicky:
I hated school. We
have so much work to do, and I didn’t see the point of it all. My Mum didn’t
understand me. We spoke to each other when we were arguing. One day I just
couldn’t stand it any more.
Int.:
How did you do it?
Vicky:
One October day I
didn’t go to school. I went to the station and caught the train to London
Int.:
How did you feel when you
first arrived in London
Vicky:
Well, at first it was really
exciting. There were all the bright lights, theatres, and shops and some really
interesting people. I had to sleep on the streets, but I didn’t mind. I was
free – no school, no homework, no parents.
Int.:
Oh, I see somebody wants to
ask questions:
P1:
Where did you live?
Vicky:
I lived under the railway
bridge in a card board box in London
P2:
Did you have any money with
you?
Vicky:
Yes, I have saved some money to
bring with me, but unfortunately somebody stole my purse.
P3:
How did you earn for living?
Vicky:
I got a job in a restaurant but
that didn’t last very long, because the restaurant closed down. Since then I
have been living under a bridge and the weather became very cold.
P4:
Did you worry about your
parents?
Vicky:
Oh, no. I didn’t worry about my
parents and I thought they didn’t worry about me either.
Very soon there was
no food and no money either. I was cold,
hungry and miserable. But I survived until one night about a week before
Christmas, I was just walking down a street, when I looked into someone’s front
window. There was a girl, just like me. She was decorating a Christmas tree. I
thought if I was at home, I’d be decorating our tree now. Then I couldn’t help
it. I just sat down on the pavement and cried and cried.
Int.:
Oh, poor! How did you survive?
Vicky:
Luckily for me, I met Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson. They were so kind to me.
Int.:
Thank you, Vicky. And now Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson. Mr. Robinson, how did you meet Vicky?
Mr. Robinson:
It was one cold night in
December. I was just coming back home from my work, when I saw a girl. She was
sitting on the pavement and crying. She looked cold and miserable. I asked her
“Why are you crying, darling?”
She told me her whole story. I decided to help this girl and took her
home.
Int.:
Thank you Mr. Robinson. And let
us invite Mr. and Mrs. Samson. What did you feel when Vicky disappeared?
Mr. Somson:
So, we called to all our
relatives, and friends, to hospitals and when the night past and she didn’t
appear we decided to call the police. We didn’t know what to do and what to
think. The days past but there was no news from her.
Int.:
Oh, yes. Everything is well,
that ends well. So, Vicky how life changed since then?
Vicky:
Oh, I am very happy now.
Int.:
Do you argue with your parents
now?
Vicky:
No, we don’t argue very much.
Things aren’t perfect, but we talk about problems now. And we spend more time
together. Like next
weekend, my Mum and I are going
to buy some new clothes for me.
Pupil:
How are things at school?
Vicky:
Fine. At the moment I’m working
very hard for my exams.
Int.:
Have you missed a lot of work?
Vicky:
Yes, but if I work hard, I’ll
pass the exams, I think. And when the exams are over, we are going to have a
party.
Int.:
Have you got any plans for
future?
Vicky:
Yes, in February Sharon
Robinson is coming for the weekend. It will be nice to see her again. Then at
Easter I’m going on holiday with my parents.
Int.:
Do you think you’ll ever run
away again?
Vicky:
No, If I have a problem, I’ll
talk to my parents or my friends about it. I’ve decided that I am not going to
run away again.
Int.:
Thank you, Vicky. I’m so glad
that you are happy now. And now let us think a little. Did the Robinson do the
right thing?
P1:
Well, I think that the Robinson
did the right thing. They helped poor Vicky and saved her young life. This
family took the girl from the street even they didn’t know her. They were very
kind and hospitable, gave her something to eat and offered to pay for the
ticket. Vicky wouldn’t come back home if Mrs. Robinson didn’t call the police.
Maybe they thought about their daughter and helped her. Anyway I think the
Robinsons are very kind people, who are ready to help even a stranger and I’m
proud of them.
P2:
I agree with this young lady.
It was very kind of them. Nowadays a lot of parents can not understand their
children and children do the same. That’s why many teenagers do like Vicky. I
think, if we help each other, everything will be OK!
P3:
I don’t think that running away
from home is a right decision to solve the problem. Luckily for Vicky she was
found by Mrs. Robinson and came back home. But if it didn’t happen, she would
become a member of a gung, maybe. And we don’t know how she will finish her
life.
Int.:
Thank you everybody. And now it’s time for our
phone – in. Oh, here is our first caller.
- What’s your name?
- Fiona.
- What do you want to say Fiona?
Fiona:
Well, I think the problem with
parents is that they always treat you like a child. They don’t see that you’ve
grown up and you want to lead
your own life.
Int.:
Can you give us an example of
what you mean?
Fiona:
Yes, like my mum always goes
into my room, when I’m at school, and tidies it. Well, I don’t like that. I
tell her that it’s my room and if I want it untidy, then that should be OK. But
she doesn’t listen.
Int.:
Thank you Fiona… And now one more caller. What’s
your name?
Sindy:
My name is Sindy.
Int.:
What do you want to say, Sindy?
Sindy:
I think
that it’s different in different families. I can talk to my parents about
anything. If I’ve got a problem, I always talk about it with my mum and
sometimes my dad. We’ve always done that in our family. Like yesterday I was
talking to my mum about something that someone had said about me at school.
Int.:
So, it isn’t all bad news then. Thank you,
Sindy. And now one more caller. What’s your name?
Jane:
Hi, well, what I’d like to say
is, I often want to talk to my parents about things but they never have time to
talk to me. There is always something
work, a TV programme or housework
and it’s always more important than talking to me.
Int.:
OK, Jane. Thank you for that. Now
one more caller. What’s your name?
Stuart:
Hi, my name is Stuard.
Int.:
Hi, Stuard. What did you want
to say about this?
Stuard:
Well, I get on with my parents
all right, but like some things are too embarrassing to talk to your parents about. You can talk to your
friends about, you know, girls things like that, but not your parents. I once
told a dirty joke in front of my dad and he stopped my pocket money for a week.
Int.:
Thank you, Stuard. And our next
caller is Molly Prescott.
Molly:
Parents were young once, too.
So, they should know what the problems are, but they don’t, you see.
Int.:
Can you give us an example?
Molly:
Yes, I can remember when I was
really in love with the boy and then I saw him with another girl. Well, I was
really upset. I didn’t want to eat anything and I cried a lot. But all my
parents said was “Don’t be silly”. It doesn’t matter. Well, that really hurt,
because it was important to me, but they just didn’t understand.
Int.:
Thank you, Molly. And now
somebody else is on the line. Hello, what’s your name?
Kelly:
My name is Kelly. The problem is that my mother is always telling me what kind of clothes I
should buy. I bought a new dress last
week, and when I told her the
price she started shouting at me. She said that I shouldn’t have bought it it was too expensive. I wouldn’t mind, but
my mother spends a fortune on her hair. But the worst thing happened yesterday
evening. It was my birthday recently and
my parents bought me two tickets for the concert. I wanted to take my
best friend with me, but they made me
take my ten –year old brother. What can I do?
Int.:
Thank you, Kelly.
Well, you see lots of ideas
there.
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