The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager p.1-56

SUMMARY
Thomas Hine starts off talking about his experience as a teenager writing for his high school newspaper and his feelings of teenage angst growing up in the time when rebellion was the norm. he then transitions into talking about what the expectations of a teenager where compared to what they are in modern times and how modern expectations can sometimes contradict eachother.  He also notices that while teenagers in different cultures have diffrent values, their attitudes do not vary dramatically. He also acknowledges and questions adults views on teenagers and why so much pressure is paced upon teens. Hine also touches on the fact that adults/ scientists usually blame a teens behavior on hormones/angst and dont really search for a real reason.
QUOTE
"Young people today seem to be in a world of their own. They go to school with their age mates. they are with them on the job. The existence of this teenage culture, which seems wholly impervious to adult influence, is one  of the most contentious aspects of the teenage mystique."(Hine 24)
REACTION
The in depth look at the pressures and behaviors of teenagers is actually kind of interesting. The history of the teenage culture started only some 70 years ago and is a somewhat new idea in American Culture so i would think that it would be expected that their are so many expectations and prejudices placed against teenagers even today.