Andersons’ Problem
Every city has an problem, some major, others not so major. Some cities have more problems than others. Anderson is a city that doesn’t have as many problems as its surrounding cities. Anderson was a nice town that grew into a city of disrespectful teens.It’s Anderson’s major problem.
Anderson’s youth society is based on 3 things; sex,money, and drugs. These things lead to teen pregnancy, violence, and disrespect. Today’s teenagers don’t like to listen to anyone, they are very disrespectful. Most young teens are taught right from wrong in the home, so they should carry on what the were taught in public.
Teenagers in my city are followers. They do what is “cool”. Fighting,guns , and being in gangs is the new fad for being
Thus, the shifting perceptions of the justice system has transformed what it means to be a child and an adult due to their pervasive, and punitive approaches to crime and delinquency. Although adolescents today enjoy many new freedoms and greater time to experiment, those that don’t conform to “normative behaviors” and engage in socially constructed definitions of delinquency, often end up under the firm hands of the juvenile justice system. Despite the creation of this phase in an adolescent’s life, the injustices within the adult justice system have breached into the juvenile system, thus, blurring the lines of what it means to be an adolescent in modern times. Thereby, the adolescent stage is constantly being manipulated to conform and match the social construction of crime and delinquency, and the rise in the practice of trying juveniles as adults within the court system and mandating life sentences is evidence of this
He begins in Chestnut Hill, a high-income neighborhood in Philadelphia, at the city’s boundaries on Germantown Avenue. Anderson eloquently points out what most do not notice consciously, but are truly aware of as a matter of self-preservation. This self-preservation becomes more prioritized, or vice-versa, as a ...
...an see, there are many reasons why children and teenagers may misbehave. They could be tired, hungry, sick or just scared of the position they're in. There could be problems at home with family, fighting, and competition, and attention seeking within society. Children are easier to understand to why they misbehave but when it comes to teenagers it’s a little ridiculous. They will make lousy decisions that can cause a rough road ahead of them all because they want to be noticed. It’s unpleasant to see what this society has come too.
... experience crime and other dangers that are going on in the United States even in school. With high school presenting these dangers, teenagers are exposed to more and more crime every day. Since crime rate is rising almost every day, society is failing.
In a modern age where the media retains a strong influence on the general population, many youths across the globe are feeling the effects of being misrepresented by media. The characteristics often forwarded by media frequently links youths with that of criminals and gangs. Similarly, depictions of teenagers being ignorant and haughty is now a widespread stereotype. These inaccurate depictions, which are sometimes taken for granted, are causing detrimental damages to the lives of youths and their futures as members of society. Despite the media’s likelihood to portray modern youths negatively, evidence suggests the opposite; that modern youths are in fact responsible,
... are on the streets, they are planning a crime or looking to "gang-bang." The majority of people are aware that every teenager who is seeking independence feels a strong sense of adult ambivalence. Therefore, many of these teens see any intervention by the police as harassment and excessive. The reality is that these young men have been forced to "raise" themselves as many have no fathers and their mother forced to work two minimum wage jobs just to feed and provide clothing for them. Without appropriate role models, they seek the advice and support of friends. This may lead them to participate in risk taking behavior but often just places them in "the wrong place at the wrong time." Many of these young men also carry weapons because their inner-city neighborhoods are full with gangs and drug dealers. And “it’s better to become a member than to get shot by one”.
The city of Anderson was complications that need to be corrected, it’s deteriorating and if action is not taken, it will continue to decline exponentially.There is an extremely large amount of deserted buildings and forsaken homes around here it’s just unacceptable . One cause for this is the disappearance of jobs, Too many jobs are closing down or relocating and it’s not helping Anderson at all. The majority of people does not seem to care therefore it remains the same and nothing seems to be getting better .Anderson has numerous complications and fixes that require that need to be fixed soon.
Choice is defined as “an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities” (Webster). In the Wachowski Brothers revolutionary film series The Matrix, Thomas “Neo” Anderson is faced with a decision that could, and eventually does, alter his life’s course drastically. Neo is offered the chance to live a blissfully ignorant life by way of the blue pill or the ability to learn a painful truth by way of the red pill. As “The One” so eloquently stated: “The problem is choice” (Wachowski). Yet, the dilemma I experience when faced with the same question is not choice but honesty. I believe that the person that I am would immediately choose the red pill; holding truth and a thirst
There is no doubt the youth of today are troubled. Many children today do not have the respect they did ten to twenty years ago. When it seems that there is a mass shooting on the news, or a troubled youth does something unthinkable, every few months. Could this be a result of modern parenting? Where did these kids learn to devalue human life so much? Is it modern society, or the modern family? Modern parenting and the values of a modern family are different from traditional views. Whatever the reason it seems kids committing horrible acts is more common today than in previous decades. Could these troubled youth be the product of an unhappy home, or is it something else? Does the modern child put a strain on a marriage? It is safe to say that a child 's behavior is not only influenced by their parents, but also by their peers. Kids see their friends doing things and don’t understand why they cant or shouldn’t do them as well. Modern views on punishment greatly differ from traditional views. Although from a psychological point of view punishment is a double edged sword, too much can also have adverse effects. One thing is for certain that raising children is a large aspect of a family, and if somebody isn 't happy it can take its toll on the whole
Past generations, then, have been just as convinced as we are that the “youth of today” were misbehaving more than ever before. Pearson has suggested that such fears about youth are a way of expressing more general uncertainties about social change and reoccur with each generation.
Social control can either be informal (parents etc.) or formal (police etc.) and without these controls, juveniles become more susceptible to delinquency (Shaw,McKay,1942). In the city of Erie, there are a lot of neighborhoods in which are breaking down, especially the one around the Boys and Girls club. On my last day at the Boys and Girls club, a young girl was jumped just a few blocks down from the center; she was just walking home. The city of Erie itself has pocket communities of poverty which are in close proximity to communities which are more prosperous. From others who I had talked to at the club, those who worked their often had to deal with parents who did not care, were not around, or were negative influences in the child’s life. A few of the older kids at the Boys and Girls club had been involved with gangs, drug abuse and selling, and have been effected in some way by the violence in the low income neighborhoods they lived in. Staff had notified me that sometimes the programs in which the schools or juvenile
As attitudes are deteriorating so is the amount of respect teens are showing not only others but themselves. This lack of respect is getting them in trouble left and right; from parents, teachers and law enforcement. Along with the trouble teens are getting in for their lack of respect they are also losing trust from others and the respect that others have once given to them. As they receive little trust and respect from others they begin to ac even more out of place and search for more, they begin to become more outrageous and act out more.
Family Lifestyle and the behavior of members within the family have been shown to have a direct affect on a teenager’s behavior in school. A child can be influenced very easily by any older person, especially a family member, because he always looks up to that family member. If a person in the family is involved in a criminal activity then the children can be turned on by this and become interested in doing the same thing. If the guardian or parent of a teenager does not punish him for doing something wrong, this can only lead to repetition of the bad behavior. Failure to stop a child from doing something wrong could lead the child to believe that his behavior is acceptable. Also, a child thinks that the people that are supposed to love him don’t even care that he is doing something bad so he will continue to do it. Teenagers also commit acts of violence to get their parents’ attention. If parents ignore what their teenagers are doing, then the teenagers will continue to do more negative things just to get their parents to notice them. Another reason why family lifestyle is a cause to teen violence is, if the teenager is abandoned at a young age than there is no one to teach him wrong and right (Kim 82).
Youth gang involvement has as a major concern in many countries. There are different social factors that indulge youth to join the gangs. A gang is a distinctive group of members associated with adolescents or youth who due to the negative effect of various social factors joins the gangs. This paper argues the three social elements that lead youth to join gangs are parental influence, peer pressure, and school influence. A gang includes the undisciplined youth gang, street youth gang whose only identity is to involve in an unlawful action.
The social environment of teens holds an enormous influence on how the teens act and behave. Teens are easily influenced by their surroundings and they look to others for guidance. Their behavior results from that of the parent and peer influences. Parents play a particularly influential role in their child’s life and it is up to them to make sure that they are leading their sons or daughters in the right directions. A teen’s peers also play a large role in how the teen behaves when the parents are not around. A teen’s social environment, consisting of family and peers, plays a vital role in their life, therefore becoming the ultimate cause of juvenile delinquency.