Teen Crisis
McKayla Milam
McKayla Milam
Drama. One word that can mean multiple different things: to be acted on the stage, a play, branch of literature having such compositions as its subject, the quality of being dramatic. But in this case, the type of drama being referred to is any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results. Despite drama known to only be common with girls, sometimes teenage drama in high school can be a severe issue for all teenagers at some point in their lives. Many people are probably unaware that teenage drama has to do with biology. The brain development and hormonal shifts can lead up to mood swings behind teenage reactions. According to studies, teenage drama in high school stems from desire to get attention, social or emotional disconnect, impulse control, and heightened emotions. Although people may have their own definition of what drama really means to them, it still remains as an unresolved issue and controversial topic. Students from Hillgrove were willingly to share their opinions on teenage drama in high school.
Senior, Grace Stustar, is honest with what she thinks can be done to prevent teen drama. “To be honest, I do not really think there is a way to prevent it. Teenage drama is about not liking someone for either no reason or no specific reason.” Tenth grader, Anna Kate Okraski, stated, “if people could learn to keep their thoughts to themselves in certain situations or learn to take defeat better, drama could subside.” Hillgrove junior, Alyse Martin, said, “I feel like simply minding your business and lifting people up instead of tearing them down will create less drama and more unity.”
As cliché as teenage drama in high school might appear to be, some may consider it to be overrated, or not taken seriously enough so underrated. Grace’s response to this was, “yes, always. Sometimes it can be annoying, especially when there is an easy way to fix it.” In agreement, AnnaKate said, “I consider drama to be overrated most of the time. Most drama I am involved in or have seen tends to be over small, irrelevant topics. But there are certain topics that tend to be underrated, which are the heavier topics that people try to avoid like self harm or a death in a family.” Alyse mentioned, “I think most drama in high school is overrated because we argue about situations that we are not even going to remember a week later, let alone when we graduate. There is just no point to it at all.”
After all these thoughts and opinions on teenage drama in high school, one question that remains almost always unaddressed is why do teenagers have so much drama between each other to begin with? “They do not know how to grow up and be mature about it,” said Grace. “Teenagers do not know how to express themselves appropriately, which hurts friendships. Every teenager is defensive and will stand up for themselves, even if the other person is correct, which causes drama and tension,” claimed AnnaKate. In response, Alyse stated, “I feel as though it is mostly girls because we are so caddy and are always jealous and feel threatened when someone is better than someone and when they can not overpower others to their will.”
As long as humanity has existed, since then drama surely has existed. Hopefully, we as human beings can continue learning how to treat each other with respect and not take the time we share with people for granted.
Senior, Grace Stustar, is honest with what she thinks can be done to prevent teen drama. “To be honest, I do not really think there is a way to prevent it. Teenage drama is about not liking someone for either no reason or no specific reason.” Tenth grader, Anna Kate Okraski, stated, “if people could learn to keep their thoughts to themselves in certain situations or learn to take defeat better, drama could subside.” Hillgrove junior, Alyse Martin, said, “I feel like simply minding your business and lifting people up instead of tearing them down will create less drama and more unity.”
As cliché as teenage drama in high school might appear to be, some may consider it to be overrated, or not taken seriously enough so underrated. Grace’s response to this was, “yes, always. Sometimes it can be annoying, especially when there is an easy way to fix it.” In agreement, AnnaKate said, “I consider drama to be overrated most of the time. Most drama I am involved in or have seen tends to be over small, irrelevant topics. But there are certain topics that tend to be underrated, which are the heavier topics that people try to avoid like self harm or a death in a family.” Alyse mentioned, “I think most drama in high school is overrated because we argue about situations that we are not even going to remember a week later, let alone when we graduate. There is just no point to it at all.”
After all these thoughts and opinions on teenage drama in high school, one question that remains almost always unaddressed is why do teenagers have so much drama between each other to begin with? “They do not know how to grow up and be mature about it,” said Grace. “Teenagers do not know how to express themselves appropriately, which hurts friendships. Every teenager is defensive and will stand up for themselves, even if the other person is correct, which causes drama and tension,” claimed AnnaKate. In response, Alyse stated, “I feel as though it is mostly girls because we are so caddy and are always jealous and feel threatened when someone is better than someone and when they can not overpower others to their will.”
As long as humanity has existed, since then drama surely has existed. Hopefully, we as human beings can continue learning how to treat each other with respect and not take the time we share with people for granted.