Society has a complicated relationship with adolescents. We want to protect them as children and yet launch them into adulthood. Adolescents face risks from testing out independence, navigating peer relationships, developing an identity and making mistakes in these processes.

A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or credential within eight years of leaving high school. The graduation rate is even lower for low-income students.

Donald Trump’s face has been appearing in numerous new media images. These images can be quickly found by internet searches, if you have not already seen them. In one, Trump’s face is on a person in a Superman costume. In another, his face is on a person that looks like Rambo, complete with an assault rifle and an ammo belt. In yet another example — with a religious theme — his face is on a figure of a person standing in a white robe and emitting light.

It was a scene right out of the 1975 blockbuster movie “Jaws,” only this was real, and humans contributed to the cause: On the Saturday of last Labor Day weekend, at a lake in north-central Pennsylvania, the lifeguards suddenly jumped off their elevated chairs, repeatedly blew their whistles and ordered all swimmers at the location they were guarding to get to land immediately.