High School

In response to the final paragraph on page 5 of Jennifer Senior's "Why You Truly Never Leave High School."


In Senior's article it's said that "when children spend so much time apart from adult company they start to generate a culture with independent values and priorities." When growing up a person is influenced by their surroundings. The people one associates with affects one's actions, beliefs, and characteristics. When a child spends so much time around their peers they adopt different ideals than they would if they spent the majority of their time around adults. Children do not tend to have the same concerns and priorities as adults. Instead of worrying about how the bills are going to be paid children occupy their minds with the latest gossip and stress about how they're going to dress for school the following day. A child's world is far removed from the "real" world. It is true that "our society has within its midst a set of small teen-age societies." A teenager's world does not accurately reflect the world outside the high school halls. High school consists of individuals who have little in common other than their ages. After being forced together a very unique culture is created, unlike anything in actual society. The result is these teen-age societies that Senior speaks about.