This quote is about how teens with the issue that all teens deal with upon entering high school. High school a place was human beings are at there most inhuman. Filled with sex, drugs and homework, high school molds and twists teenagers into the people they will be, adults. ... And in the harsh and cruel environment of high school teens face peer pressure, a monster in all high schools was even the strongest and most intellectual are broken down into simple beings. ... (SalingerCh.3) Holden use the hat as a mark of individuality and independence. ...

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Socialization is the process of influencing similar attributes of peer group on each other, while selection is the choosing process of friends in that peer group influences are felt more in the elementary and secondary stages of education because of puberty, independence and their experiences in relation. ... It is highly influential for, pre-reading, linguistic skills and high level of commitment for education and training which affects the individual's educational and professional attainments. The results of different research studies have strongly linked higher-achiever to high achieve...

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Another study done by Bachman and Schulenberg showed that out of 71,863 total high school students surveyed that: 75% of males and 73% of females did paid work in addition to studies in school. 47% of those boys and 43% of those girls worked over twenty hours a week while attending school. ... They learn to manage school, family, work, and friends, which is essential as an adult. Working teenagers get their first bit of independence while working and going to school by way of their paycheck, the money that they make is their to use for whatever they want, it lets them purchase items and...

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In order to lower the amount of teen pregnancies sex education needs to be increased and strengthened in our countrys schools. ... According to the Guttmacher Institute's Facts on American Teen's Sexual and Reproductive Health it is stated that 82 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned, an astonishingly high percentage which accounts for around one fifth of the unplanned pregnancies each year. ... Teenage girls from low-income backgrounds may have little incentive to avoid becoming pregnant due to lack of motivation such as a good education, job, financial independence, and marria...

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It is now a known fact that majority of high school aged boys and girls would have engaged in some sort of sexual activity by the time they graduate high school. "50% of girls and women aged 15 to 19 told the National Center for Health Statistics they had had sex, [ ] 55% of single males ages 15 to 19 have had sex" (Maggie Gallagher). ... Take for instance the school, the coolest or the most "hype" boys and girls any given school are those who openly express their sexuality, for example the cheerleaders who are always clad in very skimpy outfits. ... This has now led to some schools having t...

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Teenagers who come from poor neighborhoods are at a high risk for pregnancy. ... They usually invest less time in school and end up with a poor education. Some 58% of young women in the United States who receive les than a high school education give birth by the time they are twenty years old. ... They sometimes begin to rebel to find their independence and autonomy from a parent and do whatever they have been told not to do. ... There still is a high moral and ethical standard that have been set in our society. ...

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We realize that in spite of teens independence they are less willing to share personal information if they think their parents will learn of such behaviours. ... Sigman et al. (1997) conclude that, " a study of high school students found that 25% would forego health care if confidentiality were not assured-. ... Adolescents decision to seek confidentiality extends to numerous reasons: fear parental reprisal, fear effects to self esteem or social status, and their need for independence (Du Gas et al., 1999). ... We should foster the adolescent and their need for privacy and independence. ...

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These girls spend large amounts of time in groups at malls or other large shopping facilities, discussing anything from school, to boys, to fashion. ... Teenage girls have a high level of discretionary income. ... These busy parents are aiding teenager independence by giving them more spending money than ever before. ... Although less than one-quarter of teenagers have yet to open their own checking accounts, the percentage of individuals with an account dramatically increases upon completion of high school "to 57% of 18 and 19 year olds. ... Sneakers run the gamut from old school sty...

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It interferes with daily life such as school, friends, and family. ... "Teenagers constantly vacillate between strivings for independence from family and regressions to childish dependence on it." ... According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, about 4% of high school seniors use alcohol daily, while 92% have tried it. ... (Elkind 203) Researchers have found that depressed teens are at particularly high risk for drug and alcohol abuse. ... By the time they leave high school, some 90% of seniors are no longer virgins. ...

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She delivers the baby right before her high school graduation, and thus, has to miss an important milestone in a teenager's life. ... Artie's father also exerts pressures on him to attend a four-year university, instead of acting school. ... In his article titled, Growth, Survival, and Style in the Novels of Judy Blume, John Gough claims that Kath is simply a "girl trying to come to terms with independence and adulthood" (71). ... At the beginning, she is a seventeen-year-old high school student. ...

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As teenagers begin to define themselves into adulthood, they begin to seek more independence from family and less parental supervision (Onyehalu). ... They have hypothesized that a certain genetic disorder (XYY) may be responsible for the reported high rate of criminal offenses committed by afflicted individuals. ... Another area of great interest in trying to understand youth and delinquency has been the cognitive school. ...

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In a research conducted by Yale University at ten Connecticut high schools, researchers found that out of 3,560 students, four percent were addicted to the internet. ... Independence is one thing that teens strive for the most and being on social media sites is one of the most popular ways to feel independent. ...

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