How Society Portrays “The Typical Teen”
The teenager, misguided, no future, full of emotional problems, and records with the fuzz. This is what a good percentage of society sees the “typical teen,” to be. If not all but some of these aspects of teens. This isn’t the case for teenagers, at least not all. Only a small minority can be categorized to be “misguided,” or “emotionally damaged.” Just because a teenager pops up on the news, or in the paper for something wrong doesn’t mean that teenagers describes every single teen. Society is hypocritical, to this aspect of how they see teenagers. They don’t look at adults in the news, accused of rape and tie that into every other adult and say “danger to society.” Teenagers just get the heat, or at least the majority of the heat from society.
In some ways I blame the media for causing society to see us in a terrible light. The amount of news articles or online posts I see about teenagers and how troublesome we are is appalling. “Who is responsible for misguided teens?,” “Get your destructive teen help,” Who comes up with this? I sometimes think about if society is able to realize the effect they have on every teenager, and the amount of pressure they face us with each and every day. That maybe they don’t realize all the pressure they face teenagers with is the reason why the small minority of teens go down the “wrong path,” or are categorized as “troubling.”
Society expects so much from us. Like my quote states, “Teenagers; are the most misunderstood people on earth. Treated like children but expected, to act like adults.” We face the pressure of having to grow up in the short span of being a teen to an adult, we have to figure out our future, what we want to do with our lives, figure out where we will go to college, or if we want to go to college. Then figure out how to pay for that education, as we struggle to find jobs. Being a teen is still being a kid. However society frowns upon activities that seem to “childish,” but won’t let us do adult activities. So basically, as a teen, we are in a confused state, not knowing what is appropriate or not. We are kind of at a stand still to where we fit in, in the world, and struggle to find how to be accepted.
Teenagers aren’t bad but, not all good. We have a mind set where we aren’t fully matured but seen to behave as an adult. Society can portray us any way they would like, the generation I am apart of today realizes the hypocritical aspect of society and know better of it. Though the pressure is still there, and the impact of society can get to teenager, we can overcome it. Show society that we have a purpose in life. A true potential and shame on them if they can’t see it.
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This I Believe...........Blue Hawks Stick Together
I believe Blue Hawks stick together. We live in a world where the younger generation is separated from one another by technology, or because we don’t socialize and instead we stick in our friend groups. However here at Exeter High School the motto is not only, “Once a blue hawk, always a blue hawk,” but it also is “Blue hawks stick together.” This is true, and this can be proven by our school spirit, how our school comes together during happiness or crisis, and how as the students, we make sure we are a positive impact in the community. If one blue hawk is struggling you can be sure that they will pick themselves back up with the help of the students and staff that are a part of the Blue hawk school.
I remember back in 2012 when my friend Cody Brackett committed suicide. The school seemed as though we were falling apart. Students couldn’t concentrate or focus, there were a lot of empty desks, and a lot of students wandering the halls, lost. I was in study hall when my friend had texted me and told me what had happened. I could feel the rush of tears come and there was no way I could hold them back. I quickly packed my stuff and left class not knowing where I was going. As soon as I got into the hall I saw that people knew, and people were distraught. The next day I didn’t even want to go to school, my eyes burned and I was exhausted. I was in first period having a math test. It was as though my mind got up and walked away and I just looked at my paper and cried. I wasn’t able to go to any class but, something had changed from yesterday. Lunch ladies were pushing carts and handing out waters, guidance from the middle school was wondering around helping students, other students were helping those who were mentally falling apart. Random students I didn’t even know stopped in the hall and helped me, talked to me, supported me. Blue Hawks were coming together right when I didn’t know how I’d pick myself back up from this. We live by “Blue hawks stick together,” and that was proved during that struggle of Exeter High School. Hawks don’t care if we don’t know everyone, we just know that we all stick together and are there for one another. Even Blue Hawk families supported the Brackett family with cards, prepared dinners, and prayers. My family and neighbors let the Brackett’s spend a few weeks at our homes till they were ready to go back to their house. There were always people bringing casseroles, and desserts, and just their love. I know that Cody wasn’t the only Hawk we lost but he’s the only one I was close enough to, too talk about. I know we lost Connor Ball as well. When we lost those Hawks we created another saying, “Blue hawks fly together. We don’t only stick together in a crisis but we stick together in celebration like during our sports games. We show our school spirit by wearing school colors and celebrating the big games with pep rally’s, getting the school pumped up to excel in the future games. The school of Hawks has a great support with athletics and there always is a great turn out in games with cheering and positive attitudes throughout the field, or the court. Though we do get a little competitive we still keep our heads held high no matter what the scoreboard says.Yes, other schools do this but we do it different and may I say better. Exeter dedicates a whole week to bonding of students and celebration for the upcoming game against our rivals. We have commons decorating between each grade and to walk through the halls, it’s almost as if you aren’t even at school. I am able to see the artistic ability, and creative ideas of the students. I’m able to see student’s giving a helping hand and staying late to decorate or prepare activities for the next day. At the end of the week we have a last “Hurrah!” With competition between each grade in different games, cheers, and in the end we are one. We are all cheering together. Sport games aren’t all that Hawks attend but debates, school concerts, and plays Hawks are always present to show their support.
High school is where memories are created, friendships are formed, and you figure out your future. I am proud to be a Blue Hawk. I am proud of my fellow classmates. I am proud to say that I went to Exeter and I forever will be a Blue Hawk. Exeter High School is a place where everyone is accepted, and where everyone can be comfortable and feel a sense of belonging. For this I believe Blue Hawks stick together.
I believe Blue Hawks stick together. We live in a world where the younger generation is separated from one another by technology, or because we don’t socialize and instead we stick in our friend groups. However here at Exeter High School the motto is not only, “Once a blue hawk, always a blue hawk,” but it also is “Blue hawks stick together.” This is true, and this can be proven by our school spirit, how our school comes together during happiness or crisis, and how as the students, we make sure we are a positive impact in the community. If one blue hawk is struggling you can be sure that they will pick themselves back up with the help of the students and staff that are a part of the Blue hawk school.
I remember back in 2012 when my friend Cody Brackett committed suicide. The school seemed as though we were falling apart. Students couldn’t concentrate or focus, there were a lot of empty desks, and a lot of students wandering the halls, lost. I was in study hall when my friend had texted me and told me what had happened. I could feel the rush of tears come and there was no way I could hold them back. I quickly packed my stuff and left class not knowing where I was going. As soon as I got into the hall I saw that people knew, and people were distraught. The next day I didn’t even want to go to school, my eyes burned and I was exhausted. I was in first period having a math test. It was as though my mind got up and walked away and I just looked at my paper and cried. I wasn’t able to go to any class but, something had changed from yesterday. Lunch ladies were pushing carts and handing out waters, guidance from the middle school was wondering around helping students, other students were helping those who were mentally falling apart. Random students I didn’t even know stopped in the hall and helped me, talked to me, supported me. Blue Hawks were coming together right when I didn’t know how I’d pick myself back up from this. We live by “Blue hawks stick together,” and that was proved during that struggle of Exeter High School. Hawks don’t care if we don’t know everyone, we just know that we all stick together and are there for one another. Even Blue Hawk families supported the Brackett family with cards, prepared dinners, and prayers. My family and neighbors let the Brackett’s spend a few weeks at our homes till they were ready to go back to their house. There were always people bringing casseroles, and desserts, and just their love. I know that Cody wasn’t the only Hawk we lost but he’s the only one I was close enough to, too talk about. I know we lost Connor Ball as well. When we lost those Hawks we created another saying, “Blue hawks fly together. We don’t only stick together in a crisis but we stick together in celebration like during our sports games. We show our school spirit by wearing school colors and celebrating the big games with pep rally’s, getting the school pumped up to excel in the future games. The school of Hawks has a great support with athletics and there always is a great turn out in games with cheering and positive attitudes throughout the field, or the court. Though we do get a little competitive we still keep our heads held high no matter what the scoreboard says.Yes, other schools do this but we do it different and may I say better. Exeter dedicates a whole week to bonding of students and celebration for the upcoming game against our rivals. We have commons decorating between each grade and to walk through the halls, it’s almost as if you aren’t even at school. I am able to see the artistic ability, and creative ideas of the students. I’m able to see student’s giving a helping hand and staying late to decorate or prepare activities for the next day. At the end of the week we have a last “Hurrah!” With competition between each grade in different games, cheers, and in the end we are one. We are all cheering together. Sport games aren’t all that Hawks attend but debates, school concerts, and plays Hawks are always present to show their support.
High school is where memories are created, friendships are formed, and you figure out your future. I am proud to be a Blue Hawk. I am proud of my fellow classmates. I am proud to say that I went to Exeter and I forever will be a Blue Hawk. Exeter High School is a place where everyone is accepted, and where everyone can be comfortable and feel a sense of belonging. For this I believe Blue Hawks stick together.