Young-adult fiction

I like to be sarcastic and I think that people take that wrong. I think that I am stereotyping because I am a teenager and people think that I am immature or I am going to do something bad and I am going to be annoying and loud. I think that adults think that teens are a certain way and although some are not all teens are immature and annoying and reckless. I think that I am also stereotyped or labeled because i'm not girly and I don't dress super girly. I see myself as a caring…

I have noticed in this world that a lot of teenagers chose to run away from home. Teenagers chose to run away because they might not feel wanted or not cared about. That is their decision or choice. Running away is a choice. Teenagers or people in general might do it because they might want to forget the past and look towards the future. The people might do it because they want to change or have a second chance. Running away is a bold choice for people if they want to accept it. Running away is…

State legislature wants to take a safety precaution and move the driving age from 16 to 18. The state thinks teenagers are careless drivers and don’t need transportation. Most teeneagers are invovled in sports, have a job, or need a ride to school ;why should teenagers not have their license at 16. Athletes all around the world are constantly working out, and getting better, but if athletes can’t drive to the weight room or field, why try?…

According to the article “Artificial Extension of Childhood” Robert Epstein believes that different situations that occurred in our culture have basically stolen independence from young people. Epstein suggests that under a certain age, society has accepted that people are incompetent, and beyond a specific age, people should possess the competencies required to perform skills or contribute to society. Epstein seems to agree that age is really is just a number, and society would benefit from…

At a party full of under-age teens who were drinking, Brett Finbloom passed out after drinking vodka. Brett’s friends did not call for help right away because they were afraid to get arrested for under aged drinking. Eventually one of them called for help and Brett was rushed to the hospital, which later on diagnosed Finbloom of having alcohol poisoning. Brett died two-and-a-half days later. Maybe if someone would’ve called sooner, he might still be alive today. Unfortunately they were too…

any age, moments of insecurity can reflect times of childhood uncertainty, the expression of identity I was portraying through my theme and blog is that in life when you are younger you wish to be older and sometimes when you're older you wish to be young again. However not in the most positive way, such as wanting to be older because by that time life it could be all figured out, also wanting to be younger to escape a situation where you feel uncertain wanting to be a child again because they…

Would you rather have a teenager or a toddler? To some people, both are wonderful to have. For others, they may not be that great due to several reasons. Both teenagers and toddlers are actually similar to each other. It might depend on if they are moody, smart, or needy. First off, both teenagers and toddlers are moody. Teenagers’ moods change quickly depending on what happens in their life. For instance, if something goes wrong, they are instantly moody. For toddlers, they are moody…

During puberty adolescents exhibit a strong sense of self-important thinking. In this stage of development, teenagers begin to focus their thoughts and actions around themselves due to the fact that their still maturing brains enhances self-consciousness. In this stage of development, adolescents are very egocentric so due to this, teenagers face many obstacles during. The two major aspects of adolescent egocentrism are the invincibility fable imaginary audience fable. Together these fables are…

Curfew for Teens For most teens, their high school years are the best years of their lives. These are the years that teens should be able to go out and enjoy, instead of being trapped in the house because of a curfew. Though the nine o’clock curfew will get teens at home at a safe time, it still has its flaws. Enforcing this curfew could cause problems, such as, effecting teens who have jobs, needing more law enforcement, and limiting time for social activity. For many teens, parents want…

Being a teen is not an easy task. Fitting in is one of the first things that people assume teenagers worry about. Those people are not wrong, but they are also forgetting another thing, too. Teenagers also worry about how their parents will act around friends, their crush, just about anybody else their age, did I mention their crush? Teens mainly worry about fitting in with the expectations of society at the time and how their parents act around their crush. In the short story, “Fish Cheeks,”…