Issues Teens Face Throughout High School By: Kristin Alberstadt

School Related Issues Expectations from teachers Graduation requirements Use of drugs (over dosing, addiction) Pressures of future occupation Jobs (taking up to much time, away from school) Sexting / sexual relations through electronic devices Relationship, rumors, different kinds of abuse Social structure Appearance Everyone trying to be in your business Changing yourself to fit in Deaths among peers Partying with school peers Suicide / depression

Expectations from teachers

Graduation requirements

Use of drugs (over dosing, addiction)

Pressures of future occupation

Jobs (taking up to much time, away from school)

Sexting / sexual relations through electronic devices

Relationship, rumors, different kinds of abuse

Social structure

Appearance

Everyone trying to be in your business

Changing yourself to fit in

Deaths among peers

Partying with school peers

Suicide / depression

Out Of School Related Issues Partying ( drugs, alcohol, overdosing, addiction, etc. ) Stress within family Jobs ( not having enough hours of work, or having to much ) Relationships ( family, friends, intimate relationships ) Sexting / sexual relations through electronic devices Money and financial issues ( not having enough or letting too much get to you ) Family structures and expectations of what a family should be like Independence ( wanting it or not wanting to achieve it ) Pressure from parents about school in general, graduation, future occupations Everyone trying to be in your business Suicide / depression

Partying ( drugs, alcohol, overdosing, addiction, etc. )

Stress within family

Jobs ( not having enough hours of work, or having to much )

Relationships ( family, friends, intimate relationships )

Sexting / sexual relations through electronic devices

Money and financial issues ( not having enough or letting too much get to you )

Family structures and expectations of what a family should be like

Independence ( wanting it or not wanting to achieve it )

Pressure from parents about school in general, graduation, future occupations

Everyone trying to be in your business

Suicide / depression

“ Twisted” Issues Throughout “Twisted” Tyler, the main character faces various issues in and out of school. Throughout high school he’s consistently dealing with fellow students in school, and dealing with his severely disorientated family at home. The school related and non school related issues previously shown has displayed many of the different situations Tyler has been dealt with.

Throughout “Twisted” Tyler, the main character faces various issues

in and out of school. Throughout high school he’s consistently dealing

with fellow students in school, and dealing with his severely

disorientated family at home. The school related and non school related

issues previously shown has displayed many of the different situations

Tyler has been dealt with.

Issues Tyler Faces Expectations for school and home Behavior issues because of the people around him Partying, underage drinking Peer relationship issues ( Yoda and Chip Intimate relationship issues ( Bethany ) Sexting and being accused of things Tyler didn’t commit Family relationships ( being overprotective of Hannah, dad and Tyler having this grudge, avoiding mom and not listening to what she thinks, etc ) Tyler doesn’t have a good relationship with law enforcement of people in charge Everyone tries to be in Tyler’s business all the time Tyler has a label put on him as this bad person and that’s something he can’t shake off because of the situations he’s consistently being put into. Suicide / depression ( because of home life and school issues )

Expectations for school and home

Behavior issues because of the people around him

Partying, underage drinking

Peer relationship issues ( Yoda and Chip

Intimate relationship issues ( Bethany )

Sexting and being accused of things Tyler didn’t commit

Family relationships ( being overprotective of Hannah, dad and Tyler having this grudge, avoiding mom and not listening to what she thinks, etc )

Tyler doesn’t have a good relationship with law enforcement of people in charge

Everyone tries to be in Tyler’s business all the time

Tyler has a label put on him as this bad person and that’s something he can’t shake off because of the situations he’s consistently being put into.

Suicide / depression ( because of home life and school issues )

Teen Depression / Suicide I believe a huge issue Tyler faces is teen depression / suicide. Who's At Risk for Teen Depression? Every teen is at risk in developing major teen depression, but there are certain groups of individuals that are more prone to this type of disorder. - Females are more likely to develop adolescent depression than males (about 2x more often) - Children that have or have had long-term/chronic illnesses - Teens that have a family history of depression - Teens with family disruptions at home (divorce, death in family, etc) - Sadness or hopelessness - Low self-esteem - Sluggishness (less active) - Substance abuse - Spending more time alone (this includes time alone from you as parents and time away from their regular friends) - Decrease in desire to do things they used to like to do (sports, activities, hobbies) - Physical ailments (headaches, appetite problems, sleeping problems) - Problems in school (falling grades, getting into trouble, not paying attention in class) - Talking about death or suicide (never to be taken lightly) - Not caring about appearance - Running away from home

I believe a huge issue Tyler faces is teen depression / suicide.

Who's At Risk for Teen Depression? Every teen is at risk in developing major teen depression, but there are certain groups of individuals that are more prone to this type of disorder.

- Females are more likely to develop adolescent depression than males (about 2x more often)

- Children that have or have had long-term/chronic illnesses

- Teens that have a family history of depression

- Teens with family disruptions at home (divorce, death in family, etc)

- Sadness or hopelessness

- Low self-esteem

- Sluggishness (less active)

- Substance abuse

- Spending more time alone (this includes time alone from you as parents and time away from their regular friends)

- Decrease in desire to do things they used to like to do (sports, activities, hobbies)

- Physical ailments (headaches, appetite problems, sleeping problems)

- Problems in school (falling grades, getting into trouble, not paying attention in class)

- Talking about death or suicide (never to be taken lightly)

- Not caring about appearance

- Running away from home

Sexting - 48% of teens had been involved in sexting, as well as 64% of young adults. And 22% of teens and 28% of young adults admitted to being more forward while sexting than they normally are in everyday situations. - 73% of those surveyed said they knew that sexting could have negative consequences. And they do it anyway. Then there is the 22% that think it is no big deal. - - But cell phones and the Internet are changing this. And instead, college applicants are getting denied college admission because of some indiscretion on MySpace. Or college graduates aren’t getting hired because a friend put some questionable picture up on Facebook. Whole reputations like Logan’s are being shattered because of one little mistake. At least the 83 percent of young adults who have landed in the middle of a sexting situation know better. Many of us have seen a provocative image of a familiar or unfamiliar person

- 48% of teens had been involved in sexting, as well as 64% of young adults. And 22% of teens and 28% of young adults admitted to being more forward while sexting than they normally are in everyday situations.

- 73% of those surveyed said they knew that sexting could have negative consequences. And they do it anyway. Then there is the 22% that think it is no big deal.

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- But cell phones and the Internet are changing this. And instead, college applicants are getting denied

college admission because of some indiscretion on MySpace. Or college graduates aren’t getting hired because a friend put some questionable picture up on Facebook. Whole reputations like Logan’s are being shattered because of one little mistake.

At least the 83 percent of young adults who have landed in the middle of a sexting situation know better. Many of us have seen a provocative image of a familiar or unfamiliar person