What exactly is the job of an adolescent in the United States? Is it crucial to the survival of society? Are there any American rituals—religious, cultural, academic—that demarcate adolescence? What...

What exactly is the job of an adolescent in the United States? Is it crucial to the survival of society? Are there any American rituals—religious, cultural, academic—that demarcate adolescence? What rituals would you propose? Is there anything in Maasai cultural traditions that could be useful to the United States?