Youth culture in Britain had already emerged before 1945 yet became more apparent after the second world war, as there were many different influences from all over the world. The reasons for Youth culture becoming more apparent and creating such anxiety will be discussed in this essay. The main motives that created youth culture after the second world war were changes to education, establishment of youth services, demographic changes, economic movement, influences of music and fashion and gender. Youth culture is about the way adolescents live, how they interact and share the same norms and values as a group.
After 1945, Britain saw the post-world war II baby boom, the reason for the baby boom occurring was that soldiers were returning from war. This meant that from the period 1945 to 1974 there was a rise in the number of …show more content…
Some of the key changes to education meant that all earlier laws in education were replaced, all schools that were financially supported by the state remained free, the act provided free secondary education and aimed to establish 3 main streams of schools which included grammar, secondary modern and technical schools. As secondary education became free the school leaving age was raised to fifteen. The school leaving age being raised to fifteen meant that being a teenager was spent in school surrounded by other teens meaning that youth cultures could be created as they got to know their associates, rather than going straight into work. “Children would be allocated on the basis of an examination at the age of eleven, known as the '11 plus'. This was intended to provide equal opportunities for children of all backgrounds.” (The Education Act of 1944, 2010) Additionally, secondary schools also meant that working class and middle class were fused together, creating a path for working class people to experience middle class
After 1945, Britain saw the post-world war II baby boom, the reason for the baby boom occurring was that soldiers were returning from war. This meant that from the period 1945 to 1974 there was a rise in the number of …show more content…
Some of the key changes to education meant that all earlier laws in education were replaced, all schools that were financially supported by the state remained free, the act provided free secondary education and aimed to establish 3 main streams of schools which included grammar, secondary modern and technical schools. As secondary education became free the school leaving age was raised to fifteen. The school leaving age being raised to fifteen meant that being a teenager was spent in school surrounded by other teens meaning that youth cultures could be created as they got to know their associates, rather than going straight into work. “Children would be allocated on the basis of an examination at the age of eleven, known as the '11 plus'. This was intended to provide equal opportunities for children of all backgrounds.” (The Education Act of 1944, 2010) Additionally, secondary schools also meant that working class and middle class were fused together, creating a path for working class people to experience middle class