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TPO 59- Speaking Question 3

Now listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a sociology class.

Professor:

Imagine this situation: You are thirteen years old and you are hanging out with your friends at your house. Suddenly your mother walks in and reminds you that you haven’t done one of your chores. She tells you that you need to go into the kitchen and wash the dishes. Suddenly you are expected to be the obedient child, right?

You should jump up and say “Sure, mom. Right away.” and go do it. But you are so embarrassed. You are afraid that if you act like a good kid now, your friends are going to think you are such a baby, so uncool.

You are thinking to yourself: come on, I’m not a child. I shouldn’t have my Mommy telling me what to do, especially not in front of my friends. But you can’t just refuse. You have to wash those dishes, so as you go to do it, you make it clear to your friends that this whole thing is beneath you.

How? Maybe you sighed heavily and rolled your eyes. You say “Yes, Mam.” But in an insincere voice. Maybe make a face when your mother turns her back. You move into the kitchen slowly, dragging your feet the whole way. And what you are doing is, you are trying to tell everyone, including your mother, that you are way too old for this, that you are not really a little kid.