Teenagers

In the words of Gerard Way, "Teenagers scare the living shit out of me". There can not be a quote with more truth than that one. We are very scary, not only to adults but we scare the living shit out of myself too, if that makes any sense. The clicks we form, the rights of passage we have to go through to be accepted, it is, in every definition of the word, scary. Now, I know that this does not pertain fully to music, skateboarding, or education in specific, but there are elements of all of those that create the horror that is the teenager! (que scary music).
First element, music. Music has always played a major role in shaping youth. Think about rap today, if it wasn't around, there prolly wouldn't be as many gangs and violence today. Hip-Hop and rap are what made it cool really. I have nothing against hip-hop that has a good message and some intricacy, but the "gangster-rap" is just stupid really. But I digress, music affects fashion, it even affects our actions. It is a very powerful tool and the messages that are sent out can be used very easily to control our malleable youth.
Skateboarding hasn't had that much of an effect, except for creating new clicks and maybe more hatred toward today's youth from cops. So I won't delve into it anymore, it is definitely still a factor. I would say that the most dangerous element that has created today's youth is the educational system. Not so much what we learn, but just being in school, surrounded by other people your age. Being in this situation forces people to be in groups. I mean, its not like everyone can be friends, human beings have always tended to stay in groups.
Think way, way back, before civilization. Being in groups payed off, it offered more protection. A predator is much less likely to attack a group of something, than something that's by itself. And think of who you would let in that group, only the strongest and the people you like. Now that is very much true today. Clicks usually consist of similar people, and if you don't really fit in with anyone there you find a different group, which is always scary. And if you're like me and don't really like most of the groups. You find a different group of groups. Getting back to the school aspect, schools are groups in their own. People from Alameda, even if they hate each other, they still have some similarities. Those similarities are usually similarities not shared with people from say, Encinal. And it doesn't stop their, oh no. All teenagers in the city of Alameda can be considered a group, and we all have stuff in common that kids from Oakland don't have. And the same can be true for states and countries and even worlds, talk about clicky. It all makes for a very scary place and if "teenagers scar the living shit out of" you. think what we'll do when were the adults.