Education got on a whole new level with the integration of blacks into all white schools. Television became the dominate mass media and the legacy of music, Rock ‘n Roll began. It was an era looked at more as a state of mind or a way of living rather than just another decade in American history. Elvis Aaron Presley was the king of Rock ‘n Roll. Rock ‘n Roll music became very popular with the teens of the 50’s, because it went against the conformist views.
The show is all about what teenagers shouldn’t be doing or thinking about doing. But it seems as though the show is doing a better job at encouraging this type of behavior rather than discouraging it. The first season of the show starts out with Amy Juergens, an awkward band geek, who ends up getting pregnant at band camp by Ricky Underwood, the popular and promiscuous boy who attends the same high school as Amy. Mainly the show centers on Amy and how her pregnancy affects the people and relationships around her. The writers continue to use this same plot line throughout the later seasons by putting other characters in similar situations.
Music that I associate with adolescence is definitely Rap and R&B. It was a way to fit in and my mother approved so it was not a way to rebel. “Rap and hip-hop today give clear indication that people are just as attracted to the hypnotic effect of steady rhythms as their ancestors were” (Janero,2012). If you didn’t listen to this type of music then you were not cool. I remember when all we had were cassette players and I use to listen to the radio all the time so when I heard my favorite song come on and I would hit record and then be able to play it again and again.
What and this money went towards new music clothes and such that was marketed towards this new youth movement coined as “teenagers”. With this disposable income they would spend it on rock enroll music which greatly spirited teens music from hat of which there parents listened to. As this parent teenager rift widened teen culture became more of its own culture leaving behind the days where kids would do as their parents did while they were young adults. As the teen culture rose to prominence so did the concerns of parents for these so called teens. These concerns were rooted in the fact that most of the parents never experienced this type of freedom at their age and didn’t know how to empathize with their children anymore.
Many nations describe America as a place where freedom rules and sex sells. Statistics show that more teens have begun to get pregnant. Parents no longer have control over teenagers, so the government has taken
Due to the influences of the media teens believe it is ok to have lots of sex without taking proper precautions. There are many teens who do not even know the dangers that sex brings. Unprotected sex can lead to unplanned pregnancies, STD’s and HIV. While all of these effects of unprotected sex are bad, HIV is one that is increasing the most each day. HIV is a disease that is sweeping the nation due to multiple partners and unprotected sex.
US pop stars such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Madonna have become global celebrities. To rock-and-roll enthusiast, Presley came to symbolize a new culture of youth, he became an icon. And rock itself became an international phenomenon, one that millions of people worldwide saw as their cultural language. The United States influenced cuisine as well. The growing popularity of hamburger, fried chicken on other ‘fast food’ could be noticed.
Corey Taylor’s, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good would make a good book for Cecil College freshmen to read as a summer reading project. This book would be a good choice for students to read for several reasons. This is a bold, nonfiction book written by a famous singer that has some humor to it and will also teach students to follow what they are good at to be successful in life. Several authors, psychologists and teachers have written related sources that support these reasons. Corey Taylor’s book talks about the “seven deadly sins” and how he has committed all of these sins in his life.
Due to media, peer pressure, and curiosity many teens and pre-teens are starting to willingly have sex at a younger age. Also, with maturity and physical looks a minor can no longer be pointed out by their appearance. The age of consent and statutory rape age range should be widened because younger minors and young adults will have sex regardless but giving someone a felony or misdemeanor and registering as a sex offender for consensual sex is unconstitutional. I think the age range should be from age 11 to 21 because age 11 has become the new age many minors are starting
Women and Men have consistently been held to different standards, especially in regards to sexuality. The winds of this societal hurricane are fueled by the sexual double standard. Starting in adolescence, boys and girls realize that the effect their sexual actions have on how they are viewed depending on their gender. Society perpetuates this double standard to the greatest extent through the media. Pipher argues that the wrath and destruction of the societal hurricane has always been focused on girls rather than boys, as girls experience the “short end of the stick” in terms of the sexual double standard.