Oh, I'm all over the adult/teen thing (holdover from my own teen years I'm sure) so I was more making a distinction between child-as-proto-adult and teen-as-actual-adult.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Could you elaborate?
Oh, man, I have to restrain my cravings for competency requirements for adult voters (though my desire that everyone be ridiculously well-informed would be appeased somewhat if the people making the laws and running for the offices -- and those opposing such -- made real efforts to disseminate information amongst the populace).
Yes yes YES! If only competencey restrictions weren't so clearly historically used to disenfranchise minorities. Robert Heinlein actually has a good essay about different possible competency requirements that could be put in place and what the effects of various possibilities might be.
Movieverse Matilda and Jenny Calendar? Interesting.
Isn't Miss Honey's first name Jennifer? I just can't see teen!Matilda calling her guardian "Miss Honey."
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Date: 2006-02-09 02:37 am (UTC)I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. Could you elaborate?
Oh, man, I have to restrain my cravings for competency requirements for adult voters (though my desire that everyone be ridiculously well-informed would be appeased somewhat if the people making the laws and running for the offices -- and those opposing such -- made real efforts to disseminate information amongst the populace).
Yes yes YES! If only competencey restrictions weren't so clearly historically used to disenfranchise minorities. Robert Heinlein actually has a good essay about different possible competency requirements that could be put in place and what the effects of various possibilities might be.
Movieverse Matilda and Jenny Calendar? Interesting.
Isn't Miss Honey's first name Jennifer? I just can't see teen!Matilda calling her guardian "Miss Honey."