They learn about love, life and relationships. From daydreams to depression, Kamper's elective psychology classes offer sophomores, juniors and seniors straight talk and frank discussion. Her lessons come from real life. They have apartments, and mom and dad have moved in with them. These teens have got real adult problems.
Life is hard for some kids.
They feel like they're 40 when they're only 18. Kamper's no-nonsense approach strikes a chord with teens and teachers, which is why more than 400 high schools in 32 states and eight countries have followed her lead. She began marketing her curriculum in 1996. The course, which is published and promoted by The Dibble Fund for Marriage Education in Berkeley, begins where the state's mandated health curriculum, and its focus on sexuality and drugs, leaves off. Kamper calls it filling in the gaps.