Bland walls and bland halls, colored by insecurity, self-doubt, and teenagers testing their limits: High School is the home to adolescents. High School is a pinnacle time in which teenagers experiment with their identity, asking questions of who they really are. Identity and self-esteem come hand and hand, as teenagers do not feel confident if they do not yet know who they are. The soul-searching process of finding one’s identity, within bland High School walls, is onset and formed by industry and decision-making. Adolescents quickly resort to listing their achievements and skill sets when defining themselves. For example, a boy gets exemplary grades; he is smart, a girl excels at basketball; she is athletic. James E. Marcia argues that adolescents
