Being a teenager, an adolescent, is tough. What people say and think about you, image, is very important. It's rather disturbing to hear people make generalizations about teenagers that aren't true, it's all over the place, TV, news, everywhere. Being a teenager isn't just about keeping your own image looking good, it's about making teenagers look good as a group. I am here today to discuss, discover and question the way you represent adolescents within …showed first 75 words of 756 total…

…showed last 75 words of 756 total…a very boring show. During the episode the character Alf says "Yeah, nice try Duncan, but you're not getting out of school". This quote could lead an impressionable viewer to believe that teenagers are always trying to avoid school, and try to trick they're parents into letting them stay home. Hopefully now you have a greater understanding of how these cultural assumptions affect adolescents and others, and how changes to your writings can change this.