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Generalizations

I was appalled today, when reading the paper, to find that when something happens in the city three times, it is considered a “new trend.” I was reading an article about how on Halloween, some teens stole candy from others, at knife point. Yes, this is awful, and needs to be dealt with, I agree. But the articel states “The incidents - three in total - point to a disturbing trend…” It goes on to say that “Where youth once used physical violence,…they are now using knifes…” As a teen, I too, for the most part have my Swiss Army knife with me at all times. This does not mean, and I am going to pull it out and stab someone, or used it to rob a bank etc. Also, the article states that two of the incidents were pulled off by the same group. So, how is about three or four people, in a city of about a million, a startling new trend? And how is it enough to generalize about teenagers?

Another thing that bothers me, is that because we are in our teenage years, we are looked upon with no respect. Not me in specific, but teenagers, in general. Everyone assumes that because we are teenagers that we are all bad drivers, that we are stupid, that we steal, etc. I could go on about the assumptions people make, but I choose not too.

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