Activity: GROUP DISCUSSION ON LETTER FROM MOM

1. Why would the Mom write that her daughter thinks life is unfair?
2. Why would the Mom write that nobody understands her daughter? Does
this mean the Mom also does not understand her daughter? Explain your
answer.
3. How does the Mom describe her daughter’s behavior on paragraph 3?
4. What does the Mom mean when she wrote “you are both obsessed with
and terrified by boys”?
5. Refer to paragraphs 5 and 6, do you agree with what the Mom wrote
about the daughter not being a small adult? What does it mean to be a
small adult?
6. What is the Mom trying to say on paragraph 6?
7. Refer to paragraph 7, why did the Mom say they are not friends or
equals? Do you agree with her? Explain your answer.
8. Refer to paragraph 8, do you agree with the Mom that she is teaching her
daughter a lesson on success each time she asks her daughter to do
something? Explain your answer.
9. Refer to paragraph 9, what does the Mom mean when she wrote “The
balance you learn to strike right now will carry you through your entire life
where friendships can be vital. But, you cannot rely on a great friendship to
buy you a house.”? Does the Mom mean friendship is not important?
Explain your answer.
10. What does the Mom mean when she wrote “… unless you’re becoming
a hermit which let’s face it, is never going to happen”?
11. Refer to paragraph 10, give one lesson the Mom wants her daughter to
learn.
12. How does the Mom feel when she wrote “When you look at me all you
see is old, and mom.”? Explain your answer.
13. Refer to paragraph 11, why do you think did the Mom write such details?
14. Refer to paragraph 12, do you agree with the Mom when she wrote
“When I stand my ground and open myself up to your vitriol and disregard
and general railroading, that, my dear, is love.”? Explain your answer.
15. Give instances that would make the Mom write “…it is the great irony of
life that the person I love most, I get treated the worst by.”
16. Refer to paragraph 13, what did the Mom promise her daughter? What
was the Mom’s request from her daughter?

INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT (Yellow Paper)

JOURNAL : RESPONSE TO MOM’S LETTER
Put yourself in the shoes of Shane and write a letter in response to
Mom.
Explain your thoughts, feelings, and actions as a child who is now
almost an adult.