When teenagers are out at night, they have one major fear: cops. Even if we are doing nothing wrong we still get that nervous feeling upon seeing a police officer or a police car. It is a typical stereotype that teenagers are always doing something that they are not supposed to. This is my first experience with being characterized as a typical, troublemaking high school teen. It was a normal Saturday night, in which my friend and I had made plans to meet up with some of our other friends. We were meeting in a cul de sac right near the entrance to my neighborhood. Our friends that we had planned on meeting were at a McDonald’s about ten minutes down the road. We didn’t want to leave the car running since it was a nice and cool summer night. We were standing outside of the car on our phones when all of the sudden we saw headlights slowly coming towards us. We knew it wasn’t our friends, but nobody ever comes down the road we were on. We did the only logical thing we thought to do, which was to run the opposite way into the woods. We did this because we had no idea who this person was and we …show more content…
They sat us down on the curb and began asking us if we were allowed to be out at 11:30 and what we were doing at this time of night. We repeatedly told them that we had permission from our parents to be out and that we were doing nothing wrong. The officers were convinced we were doing some kind of illegal activity. They asked us if we were egging houses, meeting up with girls, smoking weed, and why we ran when we saw the police car. We told them that we were waiting for our friends and that we ran because we couldn’t recognize the police markings or who the person pulling up was. The officers told us to cancel our plans with our friends, called our parents, and forced us to go straight home. They had no evidence that we were doing something wrong, but they still assumed we were and so did the person that called
... 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.
One of the major themes of this film is breaking the barrier between police officers and juveniles. Changing how juveniles view police officers is one of the major steps to breaking these barriers. Juveniles often see police and have a negative connection because of previous police encounters they have seen either with their family or with people in their neighborhood. In the film a role-playing exercise was successful in changing attitudes of how juveniles feel about police officers. Having juveniles understand
walking on the street and they are looking to find trouble. The code allows police officers to justify harassment and arrest. Also, this code allows schools to punish and suspend students from defiance. I will never understand how officers refuse to use protection against these kids. Isn’t that why we have officers, to protect us? How are officers allowed to do this? This code really bothers me because it’s not right and unacceptable. There is no need to harass an innocent individual just because they are of color and are walking on the
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1.)Stereotypes and racism have always been an issue in this and many other societies.Teenagers are commonly the most impacted by stereotypes, not unlike most teens at Point Loma High School. To further analyze this, my class read “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” by Shankar Vedantam, a science correspondent for NPR. In his informative article, Vedantam discusses how research proves that self-fulfilling stereotypes can drag down many individuals’ performance. He supports his claim by presenting statistics such as “When black people and white people answered 10 vocabulary questions posed by a white interviewer, blacks on average answered 5.49 questions correctly and whites answered 6.33 correctly”, and talking about how black students tend to score better on tests that are administered by other blacks, and finally explaining how all students’ performance increases when they are not reminded of their race/gender before beginning a test. Vedantam’s purpose is to inform the audience about the negatives of reminding students of their race before a test in an effort to prevent poor performance and boost test scores. Upon reading this, my class has decided to carry out a research project about the stereotypes at our school, and how they affect a variety of students.
A time that I did something that I thought I couldn't do, was to stick up for others. When I was in sixth grade, during recess, I saw a girl named Melissa crying. I went up to her and asked what was wrong. She said that people were talking about her behind her back, and that she felt awkward around them. I consoled her by letting her know that friends don't talk behind friends backs and that you have other people that you can talk to during recess. It bothered me how Melissa was sad. She felt a little better after we talked and then we played games.
Teen pregnancy is increasing yearly. According to the March of Dimes, teenage birth rates have decreased steadily in the country since 1991. Teenage birth rates in the United States remain relatively high compared to the more developed countries.
First of all, whenever someone opens a book or magazine or turns on the television, they see a bunch of teens having fun. Immediately, because of how society sees teens, people think that the teens must be doing something wrong. People think that teens are out to cause trouble, when in reality, most of them mean no harm.. Many people may think that teens are dangerous and shun them for their own safety. It is almost a prejudice against the teenage race.
Adolescence is a key period in life for attitude formation. In this episode of development individuals are seen to challenge many forms of authority. We see this occurring with parents, teachers and anyone that has authoritative power over these young people. One form of authoritative power that adolescents may encounter is the police. The research of Clark and Wenninger (1964) found that the attitudes young people have towards the law are the same as the attitudes toward schools and other such institutions. This was referred to as an, ‘anti-authority syndrome’ (p. 448). This means th...
Any teen like myself can be doing one of many innocent activities and end up in a heap of trouble because of curfews. Innocent teenagers will no longer be innocent because they were approached by police officers while walking home with friends. Then being forced to be driven home in a police car can create negative ...
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It is August. The sun is out. School is about to start. For most teenagers this is already a routine, but, for a senior, it means so much more. Which means it is time to bring out the best wardrobe and be ready for long summer nights filled with laughter and memories. As this is the final time seniors will ever experience this. They will forever remember and cherish this chapter in their life for years to come. This will eventually will lead to having both joyful and exciting stories to later tell. Therefore, for males, this year means as much as graduating to them. Stereotypes and misconceptions are both related by the way they contradict each other. For example, stereotypes paint a picture of a topic and misconceptions prove how they are
With music blasting, voices singing and talking, it was another typical ride to school with my sister. Because of our belated departure, I went fast, too fast. We started down the first road to our destination. This road is about three miles long and filled with little hills. As we broke the top of one of the small, blind hills in the middle of the right lane was a dead deer. Without any thought, purely by instinct I pulled the wheel of the car to the left and back over to the right. No big deal but I was going fast. The car swerved back to the left, to the right, to the left. Each time I could feel the car scratching the earth with its side. My body jolted with the sporadic movements of the car. The car swerved to the right for the last time. With my eyes sealed tight, I could feel my body float off the seat of the car.
Fitting into our society is an exhausting task. This is the hardest part about being a teenager now. The media portrays unrealistic images of beauty. You can find these on commercials, billboards, social media, the internet and the radio. Models are stick slim and have flawless faces. These images portray that standards of beauty for our society. High school is a time where everyone is trying to figure out who they are. It is undoubtedly difficult to overcome the pressure that is put on to be ‘beautiful’, because I am constantly reminded that I need to look picture perfect in order to be liked. The best part about being a teenager is that I have the ability to create my own future. As a high school student, there are several opportunities to
I went down an alleyway, which was the quickest route to Starbucks, as I wanted to get there early to have my morning coffee with a little extra surprise just because it was my birthday. I went down happily minding my own business when a shiver went up my spine as if someone was walking over my grave. Then for a glimpse I saw someth...