Young adult

Can the average social media user live without exploring social media every hour? Social media is extremely popular among the teenagers, and it affects not only teenagers but other ages as well. The effects of social platforms have on teenagers are not sleeping, females are concerned about their image, and social skills. In today’s world, social media became a platform not only to interact, but to be a part of an online community. There are many reasons people use social media today, such to…

Skins, a critically acclaimed British television series, created by Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, follows the lives of eight teenagers as they go through their last years of school. Skins pushes the boundaries when touching on subjects such as sexuality, substance abuse, eating and personality disorders. All eight of the teenagers have their fair share of issues, but one that seems to have the most problems is James Cook. Cook, is portrayed as the mentally unstable antagonist in the series,…

Many teenagers have had an impact on society, whether it be a large or small impact. Though these impacts aren’t always so largely revered and celebrated, the impacts have still changed someone’s life indefinitely. These teens may have only thought they were living their lives, but many made an impact on the lives of many around the world. But, 3 teens who have made a significant difference are teens such as Anne Frank, Hector Pieterson, and Joan of Arc. A teen who made a significant difference…

City Council is debating on new law for teens to go by . They are trying to adoption a weekday curfew of ten p.m. for us . An aslo weekend curfew at midnight . To me I think this is unfair to teenagers because there maybe a good and acceptable reason why a teen is out so late . Reasons maybe have to do with a teen working late on weekdays or weeends . Its can also be an emerency on why an teen is out late at night . During this period of time a lot teenagers under the age of eighteen or…

privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”. Teenagers and adults are at risk of the same issues and these issues can happen whenever they please. If an 18 year old went out past 10 p.m. on a late night walk a 17 year old would legally not be able to do the same thing simply because one was born before…

They play a major role in this deadly mix. Parents have the duty to warn their kids how bad alcohol can be for them. They have the responsibility to punish their teens when the teen is caught with alcohol. Unfortunately too many parents don't do either of those. Sometimes it is because the parent are alcoholics so the teen is raised in it and gets use to the alcohol so they follow in their parents footsteps. This creates a deadly bloodline that ruins generations and kills many in its wake. Then…

Adolescence is the time for humans to find themselves and gain the skills that help guide who they will be in life. It is also when most people struggle with alienation. Two Asian-American boys experienced these feelings in distinctive ways. In Brian Kim’s “Arm Wrestling with Grandfather” and Shanlon Wu’s “In Search for Bruce Lee’s Grave”, themes of loneliness and role models present the reader with a unique basis for comparison and contrast. In both narratives, Kim and Wu were heavily…

It’s a regular belief that teenagers are prone to taking dangerous risks. Yet these senseless risks teens are taking may be due to the way teenagers brains are wired. These dangerous choices are the results from the brain attempting to learn and become more flexible. According to the Time Magazine article “Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk” teens take dangerous risks when the dangers involved are unknown to them. However, as a human with a teenage brain, I disagree. Teenagers are aware of the…

Children who lack parental role models may look up to celebrities more so than children with strong parental influence. These teens will continue to be impacted by celebrities as they enter young adulthood because it was the only source of influence that they have ever received. In contrast, teens with parents that showed an active involvement on their growth and development will come to self-realization. Their maturity will help them notice…

the taking on of an adult role in society. The end of adolescence is also coming later in life. Arguably, if one is to put an age to adolescence, it begins at or about 13 and ends around the age of 18. Regardless of when adolescence starts or ends, one would have to agree that adolescence is a time of transition that is fraught with challenges and pressures for not only the teenager experiencing it, but their parents as well. It is during this transition from child to adult that one begins…