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[xp_jubilee]

So, did I miss something? Have teenager vs adult lines been drawn?

I'm pretty sure the Prof. is doing his 'letting people do their thing' non-interference thing he does but seriously.

When I came here I was one of the worst, most horrible brats you've ever encountered. If it weren't for the adults and a whole mess of help and forgiveness I'd be dead.

We don't gotta be all lovey but like, having kids feel like they're ignored or not wanted is a total power keg of bad decisions waiting to happen.

We gotta find a way to live here and with them without goin' mad, right?

Anyone got any thoughts?

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[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

People who want to be mentors and family members to the kids here, feel free. Good for you.

I, for one, do not. Been there, done that. Done the teacher thing. Been burned too many times, mainly by the vast majority of my students dying. I want nothing to do with these kids and I should feel like I have the option to NOT engage with them, particularly when they're calling me rude in my own journal, if I so choose.

Last I heard, this place was basically a boarding house to keep mutants safe. I signed no contract to be responsible for or mentor teenagers when I moved in here. Forcing adults into positions of authority and responsibility over kids when they don't wish to get close to them is not going to work well for anyone involved.

But if the stipulations of my living here are changing and I'm going to be forced to act like I want kids involved in my life when I don't, bring it on. I've got a penthouse I can go live at instead.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Simmer down, Adri. No one here is gonna force you to interact with the kids. Not like I didn't lose some pretty damn important people myself.

I get the need for distance, believe me.

Other then moving to your penthouse - what would you prefer? Third level seems to be adults these days - we could make it an official no kid zone?

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Good to know, because that's how your thing comes across. But I'm also pissy because the Sox lost to Kane's Jays so I may be reading more into it than you intended.

Don't make anything official on my count. Kids don't come near my rooms anyway. I see kids anywhere near my rooms and I start playing Garrison's weepy Canadian break-up music. That always sends them running for the hills.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Nah - mostly I'm just trying to head off wars before they start. Occupational hazard these days. Who'd have thought I'd end up a negotiator?

I mean, back in the day we had the grad comm and A kids only comm and such.

Can't see why the adults couldn't have something similar.

[xp-northstar.livejournal.com]

I am amused. I am an adult, oui? So I see this. Also, the conversation that they are having for Generation X members because I am that, as well. C'est la vie.

Do not force anyone to do anything. Hurt feelings will mellow and becoming very upset is pointless. Besides which, Google is a useful tool and if the Brazilian has not found it yet, it is good someone pointed her toward it.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

You are my favourite. (See, I even spelled it the Canadian way for you!)

[xp-northstar.livejournal.com]

Merci, mon ami.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

So, does that make you a kidult? :D

[xp-angel.livejournal.com]

I like how you think, Frost.

Kids (although I absolutely don't want any) are much more interesting when you have no biological link to them.

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

I mean, sticking a bunch of people of varying ages in one place is gonna cause some weird interaction, which is - y'know, whatever it is. But speaking from recent experience, I'm not trained to deal with kids. Expecting me to intuit how to handle them (when they're not actively attempting to injure themselves through pure stupidity, which seems to be Quentin's MO lately, someone not me should really look into his issues and coping mechanisms, fuck how do I get myself into these situations, Jesus) is kind of unrealistic.

Anyway, I'm with Adrienne on this. Tutoring's fine, cause math and science are awesome, but it's weird having fourteen year olds show up to what's otherwise and all-adult movie night at 11p. Also weird: having 14 year olds text you nonstop for a week. Weird and uncomfortable. I'm just saying.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

You probably don't wanna know what I was going through at 14, dude.

Which one is Quire? I mean, Haller's still here ain't he?

Also, Hi. Jubilation Lee. I think we've talked but I'm blanking?

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

Probably not. But whatever it was, it didn't directly impact me, so I don't really care.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Dude, lots of stuff don't impact me directly too.

Anyway, you don't gotta interact with the kids is what we're saying. Although if you're tutoring them, you might wanna brace yourself for some of them seeing you as 'responsible adult type'

Especially the boys - although maybe the girls too. I totally imprinted on the adults here when I was a kid. Sometimes just having someone show even the slightest shit about you when you're kinda tired and beaten down is enough to make you think 'awesome! Person who gives a shit! You're my new best role model'

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

You seem to be missing the fact that I'm not interested in engaging with you in whatever kind of debate or discussion you think we're having right now.

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

I am still here, though not as much as I used to be. I've been spending most of my time on continuing education in the city.

Quentin Quire is a telepath and telekinetic. I haven't spoken to him personally. Currently he needs to work on his telepathy, which isn't something I can help with right now. I think Jean has the most contact with him.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

I don't know what Jean's been doing with him, but I know Jessica Jones has been doing some productive work with Quire. He's almost tolerable at the office nowadays.

[x-jeangrey.livejournal.com]

I've been working with him. It....didn't go well. But hopefully that might change. He's got a lot of anger to work through.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Wow. Yeah, that definitely seems inappropriate. Dude, how did a fourteen year-old even get your number?

[x-hawkeye.livejournal.com]

I legitimately have no idea. Maybe it was programmed into her Xavier's phone or something. I had number programmed into mine when Summers gave it to me.

[x-jubilee.livejournal.com]

Probs time to change your number? You could let Summers know not to bandy it about - or tell the 14 year old they're being inapprops.

Considerin' you're feeling a little weirded though you could have someone else talk to them?

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

I honestly can't tell you how creeped out I feel thinking that teenagers have my number programmed into their phones. Isn't that some sort of invasion of personal freedom or something?

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

But you were being rude.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I'm rude. It's what I do. How long have you known me? Would you like to see how much more rude I can be if you keep trying to be the kindness police, Cecilia?

[x-barrier.livejournal.com]

Excuse me? I'm not a 15- or 16-year-old you can push around and walk all over.

[x-adrienne.livejournal.com]

Neither am I. You wanna tell people how to act when they post in their own journals, go tell the kids. It doesn't work on me.