Our senior columnist says Michael Jordan's second comeback comes at just the right time to show America's fighting spirit. Of course, some of us, well, large percentages of us, are indeed like that or else it wouldn't be the stereotype. And, we're not all disgruntled gothic teens who paint our faces and talk about the evils of modern-day society. I think that's true but if someone stereotyped me like that I would be offended. I mean I think teenagers are much more involved now in their community, jobs, and extra-curricular activities, at least I know I am.
Older people think teens are irresponsible.
It makes me feel like I have to prove them wrong. It could have something to do with cliques, in which we express ourselves in different styles, dress and attitudes. In other words, teen meets teen, teen has something in common with other teen, teens begin to look very similar to one another, teens get stamped with stereotype so that we may easily identify them. I think we all have them, whether we want to admit to them or not. They aren't fair to others, however, because we make judgments on them based on whatever is tagged to their stereotype, without even really knowing them.