Nerds just don't have enough time in their day to attempt to be popular. ... The reason they don't want to be popular is because you can't just be popular in your spare time. ... Nerds would like to be popular but they want even more to be smart. ... Even though they wouldn't of chose each other as friends because most of them have different outlooks on life the fact that they both were persecuted by the "popular kids" made them allies. ... In school nerds were well ahead of all the popular kids. ...

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These disorders occur most often in teens with low self-esteem, and girls that are easily swayed at the magazines' promise of the happiness that will come from a smaller waistline. ... Most of the articles are about things like "The Hottest New Haircut For This Season" and "Easy Ways To Look Really Cute" Some girls are taken in by these phrases, as they think they will easily help them. ... If a person in the "popular" c soon be new imperfections to work on. ... In an effort to be liked or popular or just simply noticed, they tend to give up their right to think on their own. ... Some...

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Most of the good looking guys are in these groups; the athletes, the jocks, and the cheerleaders. ... This one girl Karen (not her real name), would go around and perform sexual acts on some of the popular guys, because they told her that it would make her popular. Another girl, Marissa (not her real name), was at a party and she had slept with the most popular guy in high school. ... She thought that they liked her and that she was becoming popular, but the only reason why all the guys called her was because they heard she was easy. ... They don't realize that if they don't talk to ...

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Looking for Alibrandi raises many important issues found in most teenagers' lives. ... Those students who are in expensive private schools are often cast out if their parents don't make enough money for them to go out and buy the new most popular item or buy a whole wardrobe of the latest trendy clothes. The most popular teenagers are often not those who are nice to everyone, but those who look good and have a lot of money, and as those usually come hand-in-hand the poorer students often have no friends. ...

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Planning and organizing the entire night is usually the most stressful part of this American tradition. ... The females on the other hand, as expected, have much harder time of finding the most elegant, most comfortable dress, shoes, earrings, necklace and bracelet to appear as the trophy they are to their date. ... The most popular music at the time is played, as kids shake their buts and bump and grind late into the night. ... The title usually goes to the most popular and beautiful people, who immediately entertain the crowd with a spotlight dance. ... Along with drinking at the after parti...

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One of these heart winning books and a popular selection on required reading lists is The Catcher in the Rye by J. ... The issue that is most commonly dealt with adolescents that is addressed in The Catcher in the Rye is the loss of innocence. ... Most guys don't. ... The alienation stems from their fears of pursuing what is expected of them from popular culture instead of what they expect from themselves. ... In the end, teachers and students alike will remember Holden's last words as the being the most profound in the book. ...

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In most cases stereotyping can result in negative actions. For example, In "The Breakfast Club", the stereotypical loser, Johnny Bender, is treated inferior by the two popular characters. ... Whether you are popular, or and outcast, or you are a jock or a criminal, we all experience the same problems and the same highs and lows (Aldias, 1)." ...

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Throughout most of the interview, I got plenty of the answers that I expected. ... Like most adolescents she enjoys hanging out with friends in her free time. ... She also said that even the typically popular students such as athletes are on equal social standing as everyone else. ... She said the most important part of somebody's look is their shoes. ... The adolescent said that the most unpopular people are the most unique people at her school. ...

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In the pursuit to become popular or fit in, most teens eventually collapse under the pressure. ... Ironically, most adolescents cannot take care of themselves, let alone take care of another. ... Despite the fact teen pregnancy is an increasing problem, it is a subject in which the solutions in most cases go unnoticed. ... Most find drinking as the easiest and safest way to give into peer pressure. ... For it is the overlooking of the adolescent issues, caused by peer pressure, which has altered the lives of most teenagers. ...

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In the pursuit to become popular or fit in, most teens eventually collapse under the pressure. ... Ironically, most adolescents cannot take care of themselves, let alone take care of another. ... Despite the fact teen pregnancy is an increasing problem, it is a subject in which the solutions in most cases go unnoticed. ... Most find drinking as the easiest and safest way to give into peer pressure. ... For it is the overlooking of the adolescent issues, caused by peer pressure, which has altered the lives of most teenagers....

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I wonder is making people (especially teenagers) go home at a certain time really useful in most environments? ... The idea for it [curfews] to be used to control teens in communities became popular in the 1900's. ...

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However, social media seems to have influenced the lives of teenagers the most. ... According to a research study were teens from ages 13-17 were asked questions about the social media sites, and how it affected their daily lives it shows that More than one in four teens say that using their social networking site makes them feel less shy (29%) and more outgoing (28%); one in five says it makes them feel more confident (20%), more popular (19%), and more sympathetic to others (19%); and 15% say it makes them feel better about themselves. By comparison, only 5% say social networking makes them ...

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" Popular television shows and movies such as Teen Mom and Juno do not glorify or promote teen pregnancy as some may argue that they do. ... Two popular shows today are Teen Mom 1, 2 and 3 and 16 & Pregnant by MTV. ... The article Teen Pregnancy Not All Happy Smiles by Brian Housman, mentions along with television shows a popular movie Juno, they mention that why this does show some struggles of teen pregnancy and also ends in such a happy ending. ... They started off as normal teenagers just like most of us who got their selves into a situation that was not ideal. ...

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For a teenager, trying to fit in and be accepted is a big goal and they will often go to great extremes to be liked and popular among their peers. ... The negative aspect of popularity is most commonly seen and talked about, and is also the most destructive to the teen. ... The more popular piercings seen today are multiple holes in the ear, navel, eyebrow, and tongue rings. ...

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Contrary to this popular belief, Rebel Without a Cause is a true dose of reality, revealing the truth that as long as families do not have structure, communication, and morals, life in the suburbs will prove to serve as no solution at all. ... Most were left home alone at times and had not much to do except test the limits of the freedom that was present. Nobody denies that most teenagers are incapable of running their own lives and making good decisions without proper guidance from adults. ... The all-American boy would be athletic, smart, and always popular with the ladies. ... Most importan...

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The letter from Kate Ceberano is put in so that we see that someone popular (a teen idol) is giving up her time to include a message about drugs being bad. We are supposed to look up to her and listen to what she is saying, but to us she is not very popular and this tends to bore us. ... It is probably about the most informative and interesting part of the book. ...

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Most children go through many changes when they reach adolescence. ... It is because this stage is where their brains develop the most and the fastest. They spend most of the time learning not only learning academic things, but also communication with others and find out more about themselves. ... Social interaction is considered one of the most important things in adolescence. ... 1~} or more popular. ...

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Which is what most sensitive guys do, act tough. ... He is popular with both girls and guys. ... He tells of his life the way most young men would. ... I think the author was trying to help people see the way most teenage guys do. ... To me the most important thing about this book is how it tells of a boy's life from his own point of view. ...

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Peer pressure among teenagers is the most common. ... To feel "in" or "popular" among others. ... It doesn't mean adults don't think that way too, but in teenagers the most common cause is peer pressure. ... Those are the most important things in life that people, sometimes, don't value. ...

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by Judy Blume is one of the most challenged books ever written for teenagers. ... has remained popular with teenagers and unpopular with critics. ... Because the book has been so popular to teenage readers, I will examine whether it should be considered a work of "good" realistic fiction. ... Critics have claimed this is the reason Judy Blume is so popular with teenagers. ...

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Teenagers undergo severe internal conflict as their decision making abilities are hindered by their surroundings.As I learned in my sociology class an experiment conducted by Stanley milgram In this experiment, Milgram found that most people will do what they are told from an authoritative figure even when its going against there own moral beliefs. ... For instance, most of the group members smoke. ... However, we do have the power to say no, when yes seems to be the more popular answer. ...

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Claire is portrayed as the popular girl, or "princess". ... Neglectful parents are very uninvolved in their children's lives, and most children of neglectful parents are forced to be independent, due to the lack of parental monitoring (Santrock 2012, pg. 260). ... Brian received an F in shop class, and he was devastated, most likely because he would have to face the shame of coming home with his parents' disappointment and disapproval. ...

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The beginning of my junior year of high school was one of the most insane, traumatizing, and depressing years of my life. ... I am pretty much on the happier side of life most days. ... As a typical "popular" high school student, I had always wanted to be the center of attention, always made fun of the kids who were "different" then me, and never let my insecurities show. ...

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O, being the only African American in the school, is popular throughout school, and known for leading the basketball team to the league championship and into the state finals. ... Hugo tries to implement a plan forcing Odin to throw away everything he's worked for and cared about the most including Desi, the woman he loves, his bright future, and himself. ...

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When having a baby there are a lot of things to worry about, for the most important part financial problems seem to be the most talked about of teen pregnancy's. ... Most teens have sex because of their peers being sexually active. ... Some of the more popular birth controls today are the pill, condoms, Norplant, and the shot. ... Most teen pregnancies were not planned. ... Most teens began having sex without knowing the consequences. ...

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• Grade Level: High School