Adolescence in our Society

I wore sweats to school today. Being comfortable is a big part of a lot of what i do. i like to be able to express who i am through clothes. although doing that is fun i like to just throw on some sweat pants, a sweat shirt and gym shoes. when i am older i want to become a math teacher! my sister is a math teacher and so i guess you can say alot of what i am doing is because of her. i love being around kids and helping people accomplish things. my nature and nurture balance each other out. i look up to my siblings alot since they are alot older than me.

Social power is important to adolescents because thats all we have right now. we are given many responsibilties then we are also not being able to do anything. social status is the only thing we really have control over right now. we can change our clothes to fit in or stand out. we can listen to every song and memorize all the lyrics to fit in with others. we are raised to be the best at everything we do, so this may influence to be the best in our group of friends.

Children now are raised with lots of technology, and most are given what ever they want. kids just watch tv, text on there cell phones and play video games. most of these things can be done with many people but they are just saying at a cube or there cell phone, they aren't actaully interacting with other people. this concerns many people that our world will be too non personable in the years to come. since there is less face to face meeting and most things are now down over the phone or through internet there isn't a need for people to actually comunicate. i think these concerns are very valid considering that they are already happening in my generation.

i grew up with two brothers and a sister. they have a major impact on my life. I shared a room with my two brothers growing up so i was around cars, blocks, sports and more alot as a kid. my sister was a gymnast so she was not home alot and that also impacted having a sister but her not really being there. my brothers got me to play soccer, basketball, baseball and football with them. as i grew older my sister wanted to be a bigger impact in my life so she and i did gymnastics together. i did it for a little but after a while it was too girly for me. i would rather play soccer on a muddy field getting dirty. i was a very agressive soccer player because growing up with older siblings i had to fight for attention.

What Status do we Have

Our society puts a lot of pressure on us. They want us to "act your age" but at the same time act older then we are or "mature". I still don't understand who makes the decision of what we are supposed to act like. We are allowed to be behind the wheel of a death machine, but not allowed to say what goes into our own bodies. Cars are very dangerous. having the responsibility of driving one that can harm ourselves and others on the streets is a very big responsibility. we can drive when were 15/16 years old, but we can't put certain things into our own body until were 21. just like we are able to leave our families at 18, but we can't be off of our parents insurance until were 25. this infantilizes teenagers/20-25 year-olds. this makes non-teenagers feel like they are until they turn 25 and are really on there own. we are pressured throughout high school to be on top. your rank, your friends anything that can different you, or make you the same as other people. people try so hard to look and act like everyone else so that they can stand out that in the end they just get lost in the crowd because they look like everyone. we realize that who your friends are, what you wore, what classes you took in high school don't matter in the outside world after high school and college.

adults????

My life very much relates to this subject. i am the youngest in my family by 9 years. my brothers are 28 and my sister is 27 and i am 18. when i act a certain way my siblings usually tell me i am acting like a high school student which i am, but when i try to act a little older my parents tell me i can't do some things because i am to young. with them there is no happy medium. i am either to old to act one way and should be acting older than i am, but when i do i am to young to act that way.

Family and ME

I am a lot like my family. We all look alike, but some of us are more like each other than others. My sister and i may look almost identical and be 9 years apart but our personalities could not be more different. she is very one minded. when she gets a first impression you cannot change how she feels about you. If you have a bad first impression that is all she will know. I give people chances to change and change my views of people all the time. My one brother is ten years older than me and we are very much alike. we like to be right, and when we get told were wrong we defend ourselves very forcefully. my other brother that is ten years older than me is very school oriented and likes to lecture people. we get along very well even though we are not very much alike either. my daddy and i are very much like my one brother. you can see a lot of each other in each other. my mama is very quiet and likes to just listen to people. they could tell i was a lot like my dads side of the family when i started talking with my southern accent and a little louder than every one else.

stevenson vs the world

Stevenson tells us when we can drive to school, where we can eat, how it will take us to walk to class, what we can say, what we can do and that completely infantilizes us. If our parents give us restrictions on those things, Stevenson shouldn't be able to make them stricter. i know they want to make it a safe and friendly environment but, if people are listening to a type of music or using swears and someone doesn't want to be around that then they can move. Stevenson is a very big school and there are many different people and groups for people to be involved in that they don't have to be around things or people if they don't want to.