Post #2 Stereotypes
3 Stereotypes of Youth: They (youth) Can not be trusted "Youth are to be feared, controlled, contained, and as Nathan noted, "Kept in." (Steinberg 269). "Young people are self- indulgent and uninvested in more sophisticated "adult" concerns" (Bogad). Why we believe them: Media -magazines, television, music, movies, etc. They tell stories on how teens are believed to act Old Traditions - older generations telling how youth act. Believe in "motions" youth have to go though "We believe we know youth- we once were youth" (Bogad). "Psychological and biological assumptions" (Bogad). - this is youth having to act a certain "because they are youth" Things that have been thought. My Memory: As a youth I was often not considered an equal by an adult. An example that stands out to me is when I was 18 and working at Kohl's my senior year of high school. While I was inside wo
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