15 April 2008
WE tv – HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL
Cable in the Classroom recently spoke with “Kim W.” who is one of the featured students in WE tv’s HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, a documentary series airing Mondays at 10 pm ET through April 28. The series follows 12 girls through four years of high school capturing their daily lives, motivations, challenges, and peer and parental pressures they experienced.
In this interview (MP3, 15MB), we take a look at recent Harris Poll findings on teenagers’ lives related to stress, lack of sleep, body image and interpersonal relationships. Kim W., now a student at Boston University majoring in Philosophy and Political Science, elaborates on her experiences in high school, particularly the stress she faced balancing parent expectations, academics, sports and other activities. We also hear how she is striving to achieve work-life-study balance now that she is in college. She describes what it was like to have cameras follow her throughout her high school years to major events, and what the reaction has been to the series. Check your local listings for WE tv to watch the series.
Website resources:
http://www.ciconline.org/we (including link to survey of girls and their parents commissioned by WE tv )
http://highschool.wetv.com/
http://highschool.wetv.com/girls/index.html
http://highschool.wetv.com/episodes/index.html
http://www.wetv.com/
In this interview (MP3, 15MB), we take a look at recent Harris Poll findings on teenagers’ lives related to stress, lack of sleep, body image and interpersonal relationships. Kim W., now a student at Boston University majoring in Philosophy and Political Science, elaborates on her experiences in high school, particularly the stress she faced balancing parent expectations, academics, sports and other activities. We also hear how she is striving to achieve work-life-study balance now that she is in college. She describes what it was like to have cameras follow her throughout her high school years to major events, and what the reaction has been to the series. Check your local listings for WE tv to watch the series.
Website resources:
http://www.ciconline.org/we (including link to survey of girls and their parents commissioned by WE tv )
http://highschool.wetv.com/
http://highschool.wetv.com/girls/index.html
http://highschool.wetv.com/episodes/index.html
http://www.wetv.com/
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