Its a shame nowadays, as to how Britain's teenage population is being portrayed... there doesn't ever seem to be any positive comments about teenagers in the papers - and if there is, its to tell you how well they have done in their gcse's or alevels.
Binge drinking, street violence, knife crime, car thefts, gang attacks, shop thefts, drugs and particularly teenagers abroad, are headlines seen quite often in the summer - they become hot within the media and the positive aspects that come with being a teenager are forgotten..
People tend to forget that, yes, there are things wrong with the teenagers of today - all of them act like robots and do not seem to care, they don't feel for other people... but then there are those teenagers that make Britain and fellow countries the way we are today.
Teenagers do infact help todays soceity...
Music is based entirely around the likes and dislikes of teenagers. "Popstars" base their lyrics and genre of music upon the type of teenager that were to listen to it. If there were no teenagers in today's soceity of if e v e r y teenager was exactly the same, then so would be music. Music is a gift - to be able to sing or play an instrument is something so incredible and then, England as a nation, is so lucky to have choice in the type of music they listen too - the variety because everyone is different.
As well as this, theres the culture that is bought to countries thanks to teenagers - more and more people travel and introduce new types of foods, new ways of life and this develops a nation.
Fashion is very important in todays day and age, designers base their designs on what they believe teenagers WILL like.. teenagers are needed to have an opinion on the type of clothing that is being made. And the lucky thing is? There is so much of a variety to choose from. There is a variety in teenagers for a variety of clothing.
Unlike the older days teenagers now have a voice, they are no longer "seen and not heard." Even if your child acts like he/she is the hard guy on the block; when interacting with people they ensure that their parents usually receive compliments like "your son/daughter is ever so polite, you must be very proud.' It makes a parent exteremely proud when they hear this. Even if your child is the local drug dealer.
Only yesterday I was walking down the high street to see one of the local "knife-carrying thugs" on the other side of the road. At the same time an elderly man dropped all of his shopping over the pavement - and do you know what i saw? I saw the so-called 'thug' bend down and help the man up along with his shopping. No, tricks either - every piece of shopping was placed back in the bag, as was his wallet.
So, yes there are teenagers like the ones the public eye view every day... but then there are those teenagers that soceity forget about, the ones who make a difference.. and even better the ones that the public eye do view, do infact have a heart - you've just gotta dig deep to find it