The In Crowd Is Wrong

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Teenagers feel a desire to never be singled out and to be perfectly in line with one another otherwise they may feel as if they are staring death in the face. The “in crowd” is a burning supernova everyone aspires to be a part of. Simply just sitting around drifting away from the supernova; being alone in the void of space. Being drawn towards that black hole which you never can escape its ensnaring gravity. Space in this situation describes the incredibly complex world of the teenager. The supernova is the popular guy who every boy wants to be, or that powerful clique every girl yearns to be a part of. Teens are having to pray that he will stay in orbit, and never fall into social angst. When teenagers change themselves to be a part of this …show more content…

The collective behavior of the in crowd is highly negative because it causes teens to go against their morals, wanting to change themselves, and bullying other teens.
Collective behavior is bad for the youth because it will cause them to go against their morals. When people are in a crowd, they may feel a lack of responsibility so they may do things such as become violent (Examining Momentarily 2). Teens may do things they would not necessarily do by themselves. Lebon, a French psychologist stated that people feel less accountable for their actions, so if something goes wrong the crowd did it not the teen himself (Sociology 616). When a teen becomes a part of a group they are forced to give up individuality, and conform to the group (Collective behavior 10). Collective behaviors are highly negative, for “lynching is a form of collective behavior, actions by a group of people who bypass the usual norms governing their behavior and do something unusual” (Henslin 616). Collective behavior has always been an issue, and it really affects teens because they are still figuring out who they are. Youth is easily sucked into norms in which teens can lose themselves and do …show more content…

Online bullying is no strange concept for teens today (Teens, kindness 3). Two thirds of teens have witnessed cruelty online and other joining in (teens, kindness 4). 21 % say they themselves have joined in. Teens are willing to hurt others to not be the one getting hurt. “88% of social media-using teens have witnessed other people being mean or cruel on social networking site.” (Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites 2). Most teens witnessed bullying, but do not say anything which makes them by stander and they are just as bad (Teens, kindess). Teens know it is wrong, yet choose to remain voiceless. Back then teens never went to school, but after the year's attendance had been better than ever. Teens who went to school would bully those who did not, so they came to avoid being a target. In school those teens may help to spread rumors to hurt others so they can climb their social ladder (Sociology 621). Scout and Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird experienced this in their own school. Rumor spread about the court case “The school buzzed with talk about defending Tom Robinson, none of which were complimentary” (Lee 89). School has been already hell for some teens, but the malicious attacks on others, and the rumors of hate make everything so much worse. Teens have the hopes of being at the top of the social ladder. When they are at the top of the social teens can say what they

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