Teen Talk


Ninety-Nine Bottles of Beer
These days, whenever a teenager throws a party, one question gets asked more than any other by interested guests: Will there be alcohol? It?s no secret that alcohol frequently finds its way into t...

Going Green: Beyond the Trends
Teenagers are copycats. We are trend-followers, not trendsetters. We idolize others because we are insecure about ourselves. And we copy celebrities, because they?re in the public eye. With so many...

Missteps and Mistakes: How Teen Pregnancy Affects Us Today
My high school has a 100% graduation rate. This is how it goes: everybody takes AP classes, everybody has an over-inflated GPA, everybody excels in sports, in music, or in art, everybody graduates,...

The Stupidity of Acting Stupid
Our grandparents were called the "baby boomers." Our parents were "Generation X." I think it?s fair to dub our generation "The Stupid Generation." It?s really not that hard to imagine why I feel th...

Get High and Die
"They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no," goes the Amy Winehouse song. Ironically, she currently is in rehab for drug abuse, along with a slew of other celebrities who, for one reason...