Teen Level 50

## Introduction

At age 13 every teen moves to level 50 a few weeks after carnival, this ensures that they become their own person and not the people that their parents want them to be. Being all on the same level equalizes all teens to the same starting level, so no matter where they spent their childhood, they learn to get along with their peers. They live in a small private room with bath, are allotted a small allowance that they must use to purchase meals, clothing and anything else that they need and to learn budgeting and financial control.

Teens are allocated to a corridor group on level 50 in the same area that they grew up in whenever possible so that their family is easy to get to, by an automatic process. It is a random selection unless a teen meets certain criteria. Two teens from the same level can not live together nor two teens with the same name can be assigned to the same corridor group.

For an example, in Amber's corridor group, Forge, Atticus, Shanna and Amber were all deliberately placed in the same group because they were all flagged with special potentials.

## Accommodations

The teens are assigned very small individual rooms with a tiny bathroom and their own kitchen unit. They also receive a tiny living allowance where they have to learn to budget as they have to buy all of their meals, personal items and clothing. There are communal laundry rooms and community centers where they can buy meals. Their kitchen units have only basic meals that they have to buy, so many choose to go to the community centers where the meals cost the same but are a bit better quality and choices.

## Events

### Activity seasons

* Arts and Crafts activities include all kinds of media such as painting, working with clay as well as fabric arts and embroidery among other activities. This is to develop any latent artistic abilities.
* Sports are encouraged to help them develop any athletic abilities and to encourage exercise activities.
* Music helps to identify the talented musicians both instrumental and voice and help to refine their interests.

Some of the other activities that have been mentioned
 Psychology

Teens that do well in a course are given a gold card for advance learning in that area. It is unusual for a teen to win a gold card in their first year of teen level so it is a stunning achievement when they do.

#### Teen Level Scout Training

Scout training doesn't usually start for the first year teens that want to participate and probably only known about by the teens that moved from the law enforcement level 20 but it is probably open to all teens. Because there is a lot of physical skills to perfect the training courses are very strict and difficult.

When the go on a residence training they are encouraged to "escape" by using creative means, once they have successfully escaped it means that have passed that course and will move on to a more difficult one.

## Acts of Rebellion

Many teens will participate in some sort of acts of rebellion, ranging from mild and acceptable to highly dangerous and not allowed at all.

### Riding the Hive

Jumping up on the rails of the down ways. Usually the last day of Carnival all of the 18 year old's go up to level 1 and see how far they can ride the hive without falling off. Amber made it all of the way down to level 100 without falling.

### Teen Games

Teen Games are usually played by risk taking teens and is considered a more extreme act of rebellion.

### New Year Circle of Life

It is a tradition for all teens to do something rebellious during the teen steps of the Circle of Life Service. At the end of their dance during the 2533 New Years celebration, the teens all donned a Halloween mask and recited the same thing:

“*We are Halloween*!”

The oldest teens stepped forward as a group. “*Our pack is summoned to learn our destiny*,” they chanted, “*but those who have braved the darkness have no need to fear that summons*.”

## See also

* Hive England's Physical Structure
* Education (Hive England)
* Teen Games
* Scouts

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Perilous: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella (p. 14). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 108). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Perilous: Hive Mind A Prequel Novella (p. 80). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 3). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 174). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.

### Bibliography

* https://janetedwards.com
* Edwards, Janet. *Perilous (Hive Mind 0.5)* (2017). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
* Edwards, Janet. *Borderline (Hive Mind 4)* (2019). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Adversary (Hive Mind 5)* (2023). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition