Teenage Perspectives Yr 8 Cottesloe School

Seth - The God of mischief Aidan White Seth, the Egyptian god of mischief, who was only 13, was banished from the deserts and sent away to the one prison that could hold a god, the ‘underworld’. Seth’s father’s friend, Osiris, kept him in the underworld however he still let him have his fun by letting him prank people in the underworld. One day, Seth took it a bit too far, he pranked Osiris himself. He got away with it but Seth had too much fun with it and pranked Osiris everyday and Osiris got sick of it so he sent Seth back to the ‘over world’.

Everyone was sick of Seth in the under and over world so he went away and travelle far into the desert known as the ‘no man’s land’. On his travels he met a strange man called Thereptree and the wise man asked Seth, “What is a god like you doing out here”.

Seth replied, “Well, everyone hates me because I keep on annoying people”. Therptree asked why Seth would prank people and Seth claimed that no one would listen to him but he wanted attention and he realised that the only way he could get that was by annoying and pranking people. But now it had backfired and he was getting too much attention, but not the good type of attention! A few hours later, after the conversation, Seth reflected that he didn't always need to be the centre of attention and Seth felt like a pyramid of bricks had been lifted off his chest. ************************************************* This is how it feels to be a teenager. There are 5 layers of pyramid for a teenger: The top of a pyramid is you.

The second layer of a pyramid is school and home; It’s the two places you spend the most time at. Then the third is family, friends and teachers. The fourth is where it gets to the point where no one sees this and it’s depression, anxiety, bullying, loneliness. Finally the fifth is the things that have to support all of this but what shorts it is - you to you.

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