I don't know don't you think it's a bit silly?

"If we only did this one thing everything would be better!"

I don't think adults give teenagers enough credit. Teenagers want to be responsible but are never trusted, they want to be part of something but they are always excluded as children.

I can't take the idea that a "civic confirmation" class will help make irresponsible teenagers into responsible adults (whatever responsible means in the first place). Nor will it help them feel a cultural understanding (go to Texas to California to Oregon to Ohio to New York etc which one it the "American Culture")

If you want teenagers to learn about cultural tradition then guess what, you have to engage them for more than 1 week when they turn 15. I've never been to Iceland but I doubt very much that these kids are excited about this event any more than any other week that they get to spend with their friends.

This person just seems to really like tradition, and that's okay for them but I don't think tradition solves anyone's problems. It also seems like they are looking at the past through rose colored glasses. Todays generations are hardly fractured, in fact I would dare to say that many are closer and more integrated than ever.