High school: the place many teenagers embark on their journey to introspection. It's the place young girls and boys alike strive to grasp their identity. They decide which path they aim to take and try to add and subtract characters to make the experience as memorable as possible. I think the biggest issue among high-schoolers in this day and age is the lack of self that plagues these young minds. Because teenage years are the years in between adulthood and adolescence -the awkward years- the temptations of inferiority creep into the realms of the subconscious easier and begin to eat away at the young wild soul.
Everyone searches for something to belong to. They search for some avenue of power or pedestal of purpose. In an effort to fit in, many teenagers, girls especially, lose the true nature of their character. They abandon the morality that their parents have instilled in them to better fit into the mold our superficial society has created for them. Girls that were once pure and genuine become catty and scandalous. Girls that were once mentally weak, or spiritually unstable become wild, hype, and belligerent. All in an effort to fit in. The issue is the crowd they imitate are transitioning just like them. They don't have it all together either.
High school: where the blind lead the blind.
I agree on everything especially about girls because they are more reliant on what others say rather than their conscious or parents, which is a sad thing. Fitting in isn't cool. Well written (:
ReplyDeleteHigh school is where everything happens like finding yourself. Girls rather be judge or seen in a negative way rather than being " pure."
ReplyDeleteYou are so right: high school is a place where the blind leads the blind. We try to help others find themselves when we haven't even found who we are. Everyone is at an ackward stage in their life were they're in search of a place where they belong & because of this one will adopt things foreign to who they really are. Gabbie, excellent job!
ReplyDeleteOh my... You write so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteOn a different note, you are right! We do feel inferior and we do need to prove ourselves. We ARE blind!
Where the blind lead the blind is beyond appropriate when addressing teenagers. Because we are at a continual stage of defining ourself, we are easily vulnerable to these pressure and the experiences are what makes us mature.
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