Being A Teenager In The United States

What do you do on a Saturday? Sit around watching TV, playing around with your friends, studying for a math test you have on Monday? Well, let me tell you what some of the other teens in this country do. They are either leading protest rallies, starting marches, or talking on interviews to tell the world what they believe in. Not your typical weekend, right? These amazing kids are called teen activists. They fight for the cause they believe in fiercely, whether it’s against animal cruelty, education issues, bullying, or child labor. Some of the teens have a dangerous life full of death threats as they pursue their cause, like Malala and Iqbal. Meanwhile, other like Faye Carey and Alex Lin don't risk their lives, but they still make a big difference in the world. However, nobody’s born with a cause to fight in. Teens become activists through different experiences. They either go through a personal struggle themselves, they see others around them struggle, or they read about the injustice.

Whispers fly around the hallways, yelling can be heard from classrooms, the lunchroom is in no regards a sanctuary, but rather a social jungle of cliques and cliches. A high school is the perfect example of the decline in morals in America, but that’s a common misconception across many generations. Being a rowdy teen is a part of growing up and discovering who you are. Even though some teenagers can be difficult and exhausting to deal with, it’s a rite of passage and an important part of their childhood. Morals aren’t declining in America, instead teens are going through a series of mistakes that will shape their lives and will develop who they are as a person.

As teens we have a feeling of dreamlike state while simultaneously facing harsh reality. You are floating on a current of confusion, teetering from the teenage wasteland to adulthood. One of the main areas teens are not taken seriously is when it comes to politics. “Without financial power or overt political affiliations, young people are too

Americans today tend to believe that there is something that holding back teenagers in high school from achieving the proper education. The article “What’s holding Back American Teenagers?” states that “American high school, in particular are a disaster. What is it that makes these high schools a disaster?

In a world for teenagers, there is high school. Attending these high schools are millions of students who are all so diverse. In the U.S. today, the adolescents are more isolated from adults and children outside of their age group than ever before. Age segregation has created a youth that is different from adult culture in its values and attitudes. Society is constantly changing from generation to generation causing teenagers to rely on one another to teach them things that adults cannot. Adolescents have survived by creating groups and growing with each other as people.

Throughout History there have been various of times when we the teens have been acknowledged, disregarded, and uninvolved with events that we are not aware of, or have our consent. We declare the causes that impel them to the separation. We shall stand up for our independence, speak what we have to say, and be the teens of this nation. We shall unite and bring forces together therefore create a declaration of independance. Teens require to tolerate with the school, administration, teachers, and their parents.

Maturity in my opinion does in fact depend on someone's age. For example, alcohol is set to be consumed at a certain age. People become more mature as time goes by.

Teenagers are more than capable of achieving great tasks in the future as well as causing great destruction with every skill stapled in their mind as they grow. Good and evil will determine the effects of which path a young mind its taught so that’s why parents must educated well with good intensions for a better future. The age of a teenager shows history how it transformed the world including the United States by family values, the high school, and dangerous adolescences etc. What teenagers did was start a fashion changing the world and its rules, becoming rebellious toward their parents values for

Young adults in the U.S. commonly have their first job by the time of their third and fourth years of high school. At this time in their lives, they aren 't exposed to a lot of politics or economics; it 's easy to conform to biased opinions at this age. It 's easy to jump onto social media and learn one side of an issue, which is something that most teens do. But, being more open-minded and doing research is something that should be more encouraged to younger groups of people. As I start to look for my first real job, I have started asking myself "is there a wage gap between men and women, or blacks and whites, or middle class and upper class?" Most say "yes, there is." But I decided to do my own research and form my own opinion – a well-educated opinion. I 've watched and read a speech by Nick Hanauer called, Beware Fellow Plutocrats: The Pitchforks Are Coming. Plutocrats are the top .01% in the U.S. economy, literally the tippy top of the upper class, and seemingly the most hated group of the middle class. According to a Business Insider article, written and edited by G. Lubin, "half of America owns 2.5% of [the] country 's wealth [and] the top 1% owns 33.8% of it." (Lubin 2011) These numbers are astounding, and makes me wonder if class gaps have anything to do with the supposed inequality wage gaps. Nick Hanauer claims that "inequality today is at a historic high and it 's getting worse every day." (Hanauer 2014) Having the knowledge of any other average teenager, I knew

“95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones” (Anderson and Rainie). This can show that social media can help you in the long run. Teens can use their social media accounts to find a job. In order to find a great job, teenagers need to understand how to use their assets in their favor, get the best use out of social media and other outlets, and focus on the world around them, so that they can make an impact in the world while being gainfully employed.

What is the hardest part of being a teenager now? What’s the best part? What advice would you give younger siblings or friends (assuming they would listen to you)?

However, many new Americans saw that education was their best chance for prosperity. In the 1900’s, boys and girls began to attend schools I increasing numbers. Many stayed at

Teenage is a fundamental stage of life that each human being passes through. Some people face this period of their life strongly and positively, while others face many problems and difficulties. This depends on the environment these young adults live in, their parents, their friends, their living conditions, their education, and many other factors. Teenagers face many problems such as becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol, being influenced negatively by their peers, self-image and weight, or even arguments with their parents

When injustice is seen compelling within our wake, it is a duty for us to seek rebellion, to examine society and provide a means of contribution to guarantee success and progression. Life inaugurates a diversity of obstacles, sentiment, idealism and impels humans to find their identity and perspective through means of purpose and conformity. Adolescence remarks upon this spectre of finding one’s identity, beliefs and scope of understanding of the complex ambivalence in which we dwell. Rebellion is a conceptualism often associated during the teenage years where these young individuals are vexatious, inundated and perplexed minds attempting to deal with society. They are attempting to find that foreground that allows them to live the ‘teenage’ life through ways that often are not tolerated by authority figures and convention and express their personal notions to the greater society. Adolescence is a time of expression and conveyance, of anguish and notions, and expected rebellion that accounts for what teenagers comprehend the world to be. In the modern day, we see adolescence against authority and convention. A convention is a standardized expectation that society has stipulated and altered to appeal to society norms and authority is the jurisdiction by certain individuals that is according to their judgement. Teenagers begin to think and question the set-out way of life that is followed and considered ‘normal’ by society and rebel as a prototypical

Teens sometimes feel as if their parents are spying on them, they feel like they need room to grow and they want freedom and responsibility but their parents will not give the freedom to them to them. Teens sometimes feel that their parents do not trust them, and freedom and responsibility is the only way that they will grow into the adults they are meant to be. When children are given freedom and feel that their parents trust them, they tend to grow into more responsible and mature citizens. If they feel this way, they are also more likely to open up to the adults around them if they are in trouble or need help. “Children who have made good decisions in the past are less likely to engage in risky or dangerous behavior” (Williams, 20--, p.1). If parents have not noticed their child make bad decisions in the past, especially when looking at social media, then they should not worry about them now. If the teen feels violated by their parents, and have not made any bad decisions in the past, they will feel untrusted and may feel like acting out. As Drexler (2013) says, “Realize that going behind [your teens’] backs to determine what they’re up to may only push them towards greater secrecy.” (p. 3). If parents trust their kid, that means that they trust them to take actions when they sense trouble, which many teens have done. “58% have blocked people on social media sites.” (Williams, 20--, p. 1). If a teen feels trusted and knows that their parent is not going behind their back,