[ SECRET POST #1950 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1950 ⌋

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Comments

[checkerblob.livejournal.com]

Could we, as a society, just figure out what the stereotypes about teenagers even are?

First we're too prone to partying and being idiots and causing trouble, then we're too aloof and snarky. We care too much about fitting in yet we magically also try way too hard to be different. If we're emotional and dramatic that's bad; if we're aloof and stoic that's bad. Society constantly tells us that teenagers are bad, and then when we finally go "alright! we are bad! I hate my fellow teenagers too!" and then it's "oh teenagers are so silly with their hating of everyone, I blame Holden Caufield."

Like, if there are going to be stereotypes about us, that's fine with me. But for goodness sake, at least let the generalizations be consistent.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

It's all rebellion, but that rebellion takes different forms. Some indulge in excess, others move to the opposite side of the spectrum. They care too much about the wrong things and nothing about the big ones. They aren't able to articulate their feelings. They have no sense of mediation, and by asserting their independence, they generally reject everything their parents present without thinking it through. They look for acceptance in a peer group and rebel against their family.

Happy now?

[checkerblob.livejournal.com]

But when we do care about "the big things", we get met with "kids shouldn't be talking about things like that; what do they know?"
And I certainly don't reject my parents ideas, our political beliefs are almost identical.

[(Anonymous)]

DA
really? that's not the reaction I ever got when I was a teenager, that pretty much stopped after I turned 14. I was actually expected to start thinking like an adult now. Idk I think if you still have this sort of childish appearance or if your parents have trouble realizing that you've grown up, then you might have that kind of reaction, but I was taught that by the time you're 16 you should be able to think like a responsible adult.

I'm pretty bad with articulating such stuff, but I'll try anyway. As much as I remember I didn't 'reject' my parents ideas either, heck they played a huge part in shaping my opinions, but I did pretty much everything I could to get out of under their wing, prove I'm not a kid y'know. I think that's what the other anon meant by 'rejecting'.

You start to rebel from your status as a kid and the two most common extremes are: "whohoo look how much alcohol I'm drinking, totally not a kid anymore!" or "look how intelligent and aloof I am, I am definitely not a kid anymore" There are shades of grey of course, but society loves to generalize and honestly, if you look at your high school class, you can more or less identify who belongs to which group.

Personally, I chose the intelligent and aloof part mainly because I'm introverted and I thought goths looked really cool. Luckily, I grew out of it... man I was such a poser xD

[checkerblob.livejournal.com]

It's not really my parents, it's more people in general and people online. Like, if a teenager tries to discuss politics, they're met with the reaction of "oh, shut up you don't know what you're talking about". If a kid says something offensive, the usual reaction online is "and this, folks, is why teenagers should not be able to talk, ever." This video is a great example of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiMEgWzrCJQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiMEgWzrCJQ)

You start to rebel from your status as a kid and the two most common extremes are: "whohoo look how much alcohol I'm drinking, totally not a kid anymore!" or "look how intelligent and aloof I am, I am definitely not a kid anymore" There are shades of grey of course, but society loves to generalize and honestly, if you look at your high school class, you can more or less identify who belongs to which group.

I agree with that, but I guess that just leaves me wondering what the desirable behavior for a teenager is. If one extreme is bad, and the other extreme is bad, and the shades of gray are just shades between two bad things, which I would also assume is bad, than how should I act as to not be an obnoxious teenager? I disagree that my classmates fall into them, though, most of them are verrrrry sycophantic, giggly, and and whatnot. My group of acquaintances (who have been seriously getting on my nerves lately) are the self-identified "nerds" of the school, and they're not really either of those things- they consider themselves far to good are *~pure~* to go out and party and shit, but they're hardly aloof, cynical types- they're the types that think shouting "PENIS!!" loudly is a really, really good time. They're just as cliquey as the more popular and more edgy kids, even if they don't realize it. They're also very buddy-buddy with all their teachers, calling them by their first names and stuff. I'm not really like that- not because I think being friends with my teachers is "uncool" or something, I'm just reeeeally shy.

Also, most of my teen angst isn't about wanting to NOT be a kid, it's angst about how much I love being a kid and how that's all about to change and being a grown-up sounds really difficult and I have no idea what goes in a briefcase and a;sldkfn;alskdnfalksnd :P

idk I guess this comment is just coming off like I hate everyone at my school, which probably makes me sound like a complete angsty teenager more than anything. The cliqueishness has just really been getting under my skin lately as well as the staff's lack of professionalismour English teacher seems completely unaware that we have an AP in a week, for example, and my chem teacher thinks chem class is an appropriate time to go on rants about the stupid poor people who need to get jobs and survival of the fittest and stuff) and idk, just watching people make fun of other people behind their backs, as well as the way the kids at my school treat the kids in special education, is really upsetting to me, and it bothers me that that's turning me into an obnoxious Holden Caufield type.