Adolescent Rites of Passage - Something of Monumental Importance Has Been Lost
Building Personal Strength
MAY 5, 2013
Louise Carus Mahdi, et al (1996); and From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age , by Bret Stephenson (2006). At age 18, after 12 years at the top of my class, I gave the valedictory address at my high school graduation. At age 19, I was "recognized" at the end of "Plebe year and became an upperclassman.
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