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Teenagers
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The teenager is a creature far different from that of
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any other. These strange beings are classified into the
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species of the homo sapiens ranging from thirteen to
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eighteen years of age. Through the years, it seems that a
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teenager has grown more to be a separate class in itself
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rather than a certain time period in life.
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Although teenagers are really almost a separate sub-
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species of the human race, none of them are really quite the
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same. The teenager may be divided into three separate
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categories ranging from the radical, moderate, and
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conservative. The "radical" teenager may be best described
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as one going to all extremes to try and prove something that
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nobody else can really understand. Punks, stoners, new-
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wavers, skaters, surfers, and other similar people fall into
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this category. The "moderate" sub-species of the teenager
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may best be described as the classic teenager, or really a
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teenager who epitomizes most of the qualities of a "normal"
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teenager. This category comprises the widest range of
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people and could definitely be sub-divided within itself.
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This particular category of teenager is slightly vague as it
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can range from teenagers such as "jocks" to "brains". The
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last of these categories, the "conservative" teenager
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describes the class of teenagers who follow the rules and
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teachings of the adult world without a complaint or
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rejection. One will most likely find a "conservative" teen
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in the front of the classroom trying to get as close to the
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teacher's desk as possible. One will find that this person
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is usually quite timid and quiet the majority of the time.
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The description of any of these abstract creatures is
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quite difficult because of the vast difference in each one's
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features. These beings may range from 3 feet in height up
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to around 7 feet. They can be either tall, fat, thin,
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short, ugly, attractive, intelligent, slow, fast,
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responsible, irresponsable or a variety of several more
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features humanly possible. The "radical" and "moderate"
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teenagers are usually quite unpredictable and can usually
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never be trusted. The vast majority of teenagers begin to
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actually think and reason for the first time in their life
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and begin to have contrasting beliefs from what they have
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been taught by their elders for 13 to 18 years. Before
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hitting the teenage years, most every person accepted just
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about everything taught by their parents as they had no
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reason not to believe in their parents, and also knew no
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better. As these teens begin to think, they find logic in
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new and different beliefs and find many old beliefs
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obsolete. Teens could be a major advantage to the human
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race if it were not for their tragic flaw in which they
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think that they have had so much experience in life that
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they are ready to handle it all and take on the world with
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their "vast knowledge of life".
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Although teens are far from perfect, they are still not
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treated to the best of the older generation's ability. The
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average teenager is "abused" by their elders. Teens are
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forced to do miscellaneous odd jobs not respectable to the
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human race. One may find a teenager doing such degradable
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chores ranging from taking out the garbage, doing the
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dishes, to sacking groceries at the local grocery store.
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Although for the most part teenagers are mistreated, being a
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teenager has its definite advantages. For in being a
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teenager, not much is mentally expected of you, for the
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elder generation has accepted the fact of the difference
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between them and the teen. As the elder generation was also
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forced to go through this demanding time in life, they
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realize how "difficult" it is, thus a teenager can
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practically get away with "murder".
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As the teenager can never fully be described because of
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their wide variety of qualities both mentally and
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physically, many people struggle to find out exactly why
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teenagers act as they do. As one may see, the differences
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of the teenager are quite obvious and contrasting to that of
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any other period in life.
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Teenagers
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Brad Goodson
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Mrs. Kelley
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Period 2
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3/9/87
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English II
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