Teenage Discrimination Is at Its High

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Teenage Discrimination- Pressure to be the perfect teenager. Teenage discrimination is at its highest ever. When teenagers are followed round shops, denied access to malls and blamed for riots you have to start thinking about how this is affecting them. Society has a stereotypical image of teenagers being rowdy, lazy, inconsiderate and the main criminals of this century. However, this is not always the case. In my opinion, the adults of this generation are acting like teenagers by discriminating against them, it is wrong for them to think that all the teenagers are the same as the minority that cause the trouble. In this essay I will discuss how this should not be tolerated and why people are discriminating against young people in their society. In school, students are taught that you should not bully or stereotype people. However, as people grow older they seem to forget these important lessons. Adults expect teenagers who wear a hooded jumper to cause trouble. When adults and shopkeepers see a group of youths in their shop they expect them to steal from them. When adults see a group of youths walking around at night they expect them to vandalise. Adults are capable of doing illegal things as well so why is it teenagers get the blame? When shop attendants follow teenagers around their shop, deny access to them and put mosquito alarms on the outside of their shops to stop teenagers gathering, this is unfair to the majority of teenagers who do not act stereotypically. 60% of 17 year olds say they feel they are treated unfairly, also 1 in 5 children visiting cafes feel they are treated differently from adult customers. In shops or sports facilities 45% of teenagers feel pressured under watchful eyes of employees. This is unreasonable and very unfair to the youths who are doing nothing wrong. Another major example of teenage discrimination is the blame for the
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