Teenage Stereotypes

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The article also stated that we don't have to work for anything, and that everything is just “handed to us on a silver platter”. This is a very biased comment that obviously was not well researched at all. Nowadays, it is harder than ever for young people like me to get a job after leaving school, thanks in part to the teenage stereotype articles like this are pushing forwards. Unless we have a college degree, employers often see teenagers as lazy, spoiled and unskilled, leading them to dismiss us as being unqualified for the job. This doesn't help when, thanks to high unemployment, teenagers with very little job experience are now competing with adults for the same jobs. There are also much less jobs available for the unemployed, yet alone

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