lem with today society is the constant pressure that teens have put on them by the world of entertainment. While most things on television aren’t bad it’s the little things that make it hard to be a teen. In the days of the boy bands and the rap rock groups most teens are torn between being a “punk”, with long hair and no real fashion statement other then blue jeans and a t-shirt, and being a “prep” with gelled hair and tight cloths. This often causes large groups of divers people to cling to those more like themselves. In the splitting of these two groups I’ve seen the best of friends turn the other way when passing each other in the hall. Now it is possible for the two groups to coincide with each other but it often takes a certain few individuals to bring them together. These people are known as the peace keeps. The ones that don’t choose either side, but choose to be them selves. They are respected by both sides and give to different people a mutual friend. This may only be my personal opinion or the way I see things at my school, but no matter where or when people should be able to relate to what I’m talking about. Through out history there have always been different groups of people living close to each other in society. This is just the way the world works. Yet, in the past ten years there has been a large out burst of “free thinkers”. What I often find up setting is that in order to fit in with today’s fashion trends you have to be able to afford the more expensive brands of cloths. Why should a teen be looked down upon just because his or her family can’t afford the most expensive pair of shoes or pants? If you had the chance to walk through the halls of most high schools it would not be hard to pick out the different groups of kids. I guarantee that one thing you are able to notice between the groups is the label on their cloths. There is not much of...
