Teens at Books& Authors? Do You Ever Feel Stereotyped Because You're A Teen?

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Lana T.

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If you're a good teen, do you ever feel like you are lumped together with bad teen behavior because of your ages and a particular teen stereotype? Thanks so much in advance for answering this question!

Also, what books do you gravitate to where the storyline makes you feel like the "book" was written just for you? (hope that question makes sense to you)?
I'm working on a project and would like some feedback, please!
 
I do but not in the sense your asking

Being a female teen I feel like I'm stereotyped to be a hormonale bit.ch who only cares about how I look and what boy I'm with that week, females are constantly either being the weak princess who needs saving or the slut who throws herself at a man, this more so in romance books that are aimed for women!!!

Even the book "before I die", while very sad was about a dieing girl who had a list she wanted to complete before she dies, the first thing on the list? to lose her virginity, it annoys the hell out of me.

I cant point out a book that mostly relates to my life (i think thats what you mean) due to the reasons I have just listed, I am not a slu.t, sure I bit.ch but I'm not a "mean popular cheerleader", I dont care what I look like and at 17 have never kissed a guy, let alone had a boyfriend.
 
yes, I often feel stereotyped for both being a teen and being blonde. I am a smart and behaved teen and some times adults will talk to me like I am crazy.

here's a good true story:
when I was a tween, I was on the leadership club at school, I went to survey a class-room and the teacher yelled at me, and told me that because I was a 6th grader, I was making the 6th grade teachers life crazy. (we were a bad class... but I wasn't!) she said that our teacher cry every day because of people like us.
I hope that that story made sense! lol

for your second question: I kinda get it...
I feel like certain poems were made just for me, love poems, and books where the girl is a 15-17 year old who has never had a boy-friend or been kissed...things that I can relate to.
 
yes! my mom does that to me all the time. she says "you're young and stupid, just like all the others!" when i'm really not. i don't make bad decisions and i read books kids at my age wouldn't understand or may feel are boring.

and to answer your second question...the only book i really read like that was You Don't Know Me by David Klass. he really got into John's mind, to show what it was really like as a 14-year-old. Also, The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult. but only because i went through a terrible break up with a boy i loved, and related to Trixie so much. but i got so tired of reading stereotypical teenage books...so i wrote my own.
i hope i helped you!
 
yes i totally feel like in my life people have just looked a teens in my school and saw one or two bad kids and automaticly thought oh these are bad kids, when most of us arent!

I think that the book evermore was made only for me and just me to read because its so like my life and how i feel everyday. (minus the physcic powers)

hope i helped
 
I walk the line of "good teen" and "bad teen." I mean, I don't do anything Jesus wouldn't do (with a mental reservation), but I give my parents hell, that's for sure. I do feel bad, though, when I'm classified with a bunch of other teenagers when I don't even feel I fit into that specific category of "unruly, selfish, out of control teens."

The only book I ever read that I felt was written just for me was "The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl." Even though I'm not a guy, I had a lot of things in common with the main character. Eerie little coincidences kept popping up that helped me connect more with the kid. It was like a Twilight Zone moment or something.

Everything else that's aimed at teens, I usually skip over. I know I'm not going to like it.
 
Oh yes. I do feel as if some people generalize the whole teen population and immediately label them as "rebels", "delinquents", etc. It's a terrible stereotype that applies to only SOME teens, not all. Teens make mistakes like all people of all ages, but we seem to get the brunt of it. -shrug-

Anywho, I tend to relate towards books about growing up. For example, October Sky. What attracts me to it is that the reader follows the boys on a journey and sees them grow emotionally.. Books on maturing, following dreams, finding yourself, etc. really speak to me because these are issues which I'm facing now.

I also enjoy reading children's books because of the nostalgia I feel from them. The Harry Potter series have had a tremendous impact on myself. As cliche as it sounds...they are magical.
 
Well sometimes I'll give my opinion or how i think a certain problem should be fixed and just get a blank stare or completely ignored. I'm actually intelligent and can handle things like that but i guess some adults can't grasp that some teens have the capacity to do that.

sometimes certain characters remind me of me or say something i would say. other than that i can't think of anything
 
I am a 'good teen' i guess, and yeah i do sometimes feel that -not just me- but all teens are often lumped together as one. Like if someone is complaining about 'teenagers reeking havoc' or something, they put it on ALL teenagers. But i don't see old ladies getting scared of me or anything like that.

As for the second question, i don't really understand it, lol. I really love the twilight series though. So i guess i gravitate to the books twilight, newmoon, eclipse, and breaking dawn.
 
Well, if your description of yourself is "hi, I'm a teen", what do you expect? You don't see adult posters going round saying "hi, I'm aged 30-39", do you?

The only book I've ever read which made me feel like that was Barbara Hambly's Dark Tower series. I'm not a teen now, but I was at the time :)
 
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