The media a lot of the times seems to portray high school as something completely far off from the truth. High school students are usually portrayed as immature and irresponsible people who are filled with raging hormones, who are either overly sexual or stoners. On the same note, high school is often portrayed the way we see on television shows or movies, think of Mean Girls, an environment where there are distinct cliques that revolve around drama and gossip. Although this may be true to the smallest extent, as a high school teenager, a can state from my own experience that the media does not do a good job in portraying what high school is really like today.
High school High school is a very crucial part of everybody’s life filled with many learning moments and also times that most would like to never redo. This being said we all go through this time and we can all relate to the stereotypes that come along with high school. Some were on the top and others were on the bottom, but everyone had their specific place.
High school, the best times of our lives. But in every situation others don’t experience it as the time of their lives. In specific, the so called, “Loser, Nerds, Outcasts." Sometimes the perception that most high school movies convey for this certain group are the reality. In this article "High school confidential: Notes on teen movies" by David Denby, He describes the functions of an everyday American high school. David Denby uses very effective language and rhetoric to provide the minds of the opposing side. A sample of the rhetoric skills he uses is stereotypes, ethos, and pathos.
In ‘Abolish high school’ by Rebecca solnit, she writes “High school is often considered a definitive American experience, in two senses: an experience that nearly everyone shares, and one that can define who you are, for better or worse, for the rest of your life.” which means high school isn’t wonderful for many people, it has a lot of challenges for teens and some of them may be ‘kill’ by pressure, it would effect your rest of life. The high school is not a wonderful place for everyone. People should skip it and escaped it don’t be suffered by it. However i disagree with her, because i believe high school is a wonderful and kindly for everyone. It is a place for teen to meeting friends and a place to learning. I believe the environments would definitive teens who they are. For example, the parents is most important for kid, they would shape everyone’s identity, make you more stronger to face challenge. For example, in my childhood, when i was lived with my parents, i was
Although there are some aspects of truth in the way movies portray high school, movies tend to stretch the truth and exaggerate situations for the sake of entertainment.
High school, for many students, is prison. A prison that holds us for seven hours every day, five days a week. This type of attitude is what ruins students. Students with huge potential and bright futures are falling victim to this epidemic every year. It is time we try and change that.
Some aspects of these movies portray the truth within each high school. They show what many schools choose to ignore; the fact that there are many cliques that are somewhat excluded from one another. There may be the jocks, band kids, nerds, troublemakers, etc. Although these groups do appear in many public and private schools, movies take these cliques to the extreme. For instance, the popular movie Mean Girls over-exaggerates the amount of cliques and how exclusive
High school is difficult just on its own. Students are still developing and trying to figure out who they are as an individual. Add social media into the mix and it can cause even more complications in a student’s life. Everyone is unique and people need to learn to live the life best suited for them.
A true high school has no happy ending. There is no “happily ever after”, there is no good kid who stays out of trouble and ends up becoming the most popular kid in school. There is no ugly kid who ends up dating the most popular girl in school. All of that is a fantasy thought up to keep middle schoolers from being scared of growing up. Because no matter where you live, highschool is a dark place.
High school…last steps we take before we ready the adult world, but are they really preparing us for it? What we need is more freedom and changing some school rules can help. During our lunch periods, we should be given more freedom like being able to leave school grounds and buying our own lunch.
I think I speak for many people when I say high school is a critical point in one’s life. Coming into high school, things seemed to be tightly-knitted between my peers and I; those of us who had just
While high school in reality is full of surprises and twisty roads, teen television shows and movies are based off a strict set of conventions that allude to other teen films. In David Denby 's "High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies," he describes the typical movie storyline and characters: the blonde, superficial cheerleaders that make up the popular crowd, along with the buff, handsome jocks versus the social outcasts comprised of geeks and freaks. Denby continues to explain the nature of these two social standings, including how the “cool group” bullies anyone below them. Denby goes on further to discuss how a particular outsider usually becomes the hero or heroine of the story, despite their social discomfort or awkward
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The magic of Hollywood tends to exaggerate the reality of things. Specifically, the depiction of high school can be very unrealistic. Over the years, it can be seen that movies show some common elements: random breakouts in song and dance, cliques, impractical appearances, and parties with irresponsible drinking. In real life, high school may or may not have these components. Because of this, there are similarities and differences between the hollywood depiction of high school and high school in reality.
It's at the and of the day and Angle is getting ready to go to tutoring.
High school is basically one big popularity contest, and the students will do anything it takes to be the winner. Everyone wants the most friends and to be at the best parties, at any cost. The students are young and experiencing new things, and that makes them very naïve and impressionable. Peer pressure is a very common aspect that students give in to just to be a cool kid. Peer pressure can push people into doing things that they wouldn’t normally do.