Why do highschool student act how they act?

Question

I' m 17 and i'm more mature than the students in my highschool.

Majority of them are typical minded. They think the same, act the same and act very immature. It annoys me!!!

When I walk around school going to class, I hear the typical converstaions.. Such as..

“OMG I got so drunk last night and I don‘t WTF I was doing!!,

“I got so high that I was tripping the F out.”

“There’s gonna be one huge party at _______.. h**l yeah time to PARTY HARD!”

“I would go out with him, his cute and all but his car is a WRECK.”

“She was talking c**p behind my back, OMG she’s gonna get some A kicking.”

“EW look how she dress, she’s a BIG s**t!”

The list can go on and on..

Why do teens act the way they do in school?? I honestly can say I can never be myself around these people!!

Answer 1

its prob cuz they wanna join a club or just wanna be "cool" wich really isnt

Answer 2

Because they aren't mature yet! Doesn't it just seem like its just you and me, and a few others that actually act there age. And the thing is the parents don't discipline them so they don't know any better. I hope that cleared that up! Good question anyway.

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Answer 3

Do you want a scientific answer, or a philosophical answer?

Scientific: You see, there's two times.

One: The regular time.

Examples: Earth's time, clock, your age, calendar, etc.

Two: Your time.

Example: Your maturity level.

About three years ago, I've been studied about times and Nikola Tesla. As I was reading your question, it seem to me that you happens to mature early. You see, those folks are teenagers. That's how the teenagers act. Why do they act like that? Simply because they have low maturity level. Unlike you, you have a high maturity level, and you can't blame them for that. They don't choose to be mature slowly or rapidly. You should be happy that you are mature enough to make the right decision to avoid crimes. Drinking and doing drugs are against the law, I'm sure everyone knows that. Even if you keep reminding them, they'll still do it. Eventually you will give up, and walk away.

Don't hang out with those people. Hang out with someone else more mature, or smarter. It'll give you a brighter future. Try to stay from them as much as possible, and if they try to threaten you; you simply walk away. They don't have a future, or at least not a good one. They are annoyed by someone who has a better future than them. Don't worry about them. You should just go to school, make friends, do what you have to do; work, and go home. Start another day with a fresh morning, and live to the fullest, but live as safe as possible. Don't do anything stupid like them. You know better than that. It only take one to start, but it'll takes your whole life to finish.

Those are some of the scientific and philosophical answers. If you want a straight forward philosophical answer... simpley, they are teenagers, and you are mature for your age.

Answer 4

because they want to "fit in" and be "cool" and be accepted by everyone else

Answer 5

Sunt pueri pueri, puerilia tractant. in latin, that means children are children, (therefore) children do childish things. i know your problem exactly, except im 13. there are exceptions to every rule, and apperently you and i are. most teens act that way because they think that it makes them more acceptable in a social society. they try to look 'cool' because they want to fit in. personally, if fitting in means that i have to go get drunk every night and cuss at people just because i want to be accepted, i will just stick with my friends. i fit in with them very well, and i dont have to go do somthing stupid to consider them my friends. i dont have anything against drinking, but i do have something against being a drunk, or being constantly drunk, same thing really. it is pointless. and, as for the ones where most female people are going on about other people's physical appearance, they are comparing themselves to others. it is ingrained into human nature. the difference is that not everyone has to say it out loud. i hope i answered your question okay.

-Angel-

Answer 6

...environment, upbringing or the school they attend and after school activities they participate in...good luck...

Answer 7

Teenagers act the way they do because they're trying to find out who they are, which is a huge struggle.  You're going through it too, and right now you're reacting to say who you are NOT.  Each person that you quoted is saying something similar.  "This is who I am!"  "This is who I'm not!"  That's what I hear over and over in your quotes and in your own writing.  

When you are unsure of who you are, you'll tend to be very vocal (and probably annoying) to other people about who you profess to be.  You'll also tend to be very judgmental of other people.  It's the uncertainty about yourself that leads you to do this.  Everyone goes through these stages of self awareness, which I'll sum up here:

Stage 1:  There must be something wrong with me because everyone else seems so different.

Stage 2: Everyone else is so different from me, there must be something wrong with them.

Stage 3: I know who I am and I'm ok with that.  I'm also ok with those other people, and we're really not all that different.

As you read back through your own question, look at your own statements and those of others and try to decide which of these three stages the people are in.  

For most people, you'll start with stage 1 in middle school and then move on to stage 2 in highschool. I would generally prefer to be in stage 3, which I feel is the most productive way for me to see my world.  Most of us will go through these stages several times in our lives, starting over at stage 1.  I'm constantly looking out for the stages in my thinking, and trying to figure out if that thinking is holding me back in my life.  

It sounds to me like everyone you mention, including yourself, is a pretty solid 2 right now.  Good luck as you work through this!  (And wish me luck too!)

Answer 8

It's a matter of cognitive development.

Children soak things up like a sponge. And initially they are unable to determine even the difference between the real and the imaginary. Stories of mythical creatures are given the same weight as stories of your neighbors. Eventually they learn that they don't have to do or believe what they're told, and from time to time they opt out, though they are still to a very large extent dependant upon others who are larger, and more powerful, and more knowledgable than they are. They can't opt out completely and they know it.

But something happens in your teens. These things change. Even if you're not given responsibility you usually learn you can TAKE it. You discover that not only can you just accept or reject other people's dictums, you can author whole new ones of your own. Some become heady with this knowledge and veer off into all manner of behaviours.

In a real way, children are learning about the world. But teenagers are learning about themselves. It is a kind of exploration that cannot be done by someone else, and can very easily take as long as childhood to settle down to some degree... and for some people it never really ends.

Answer 9

You answered your own question.  They are immature.  That's why.  

Hang around people with whom you can be yourself.  It's too hard to pretend to be someone else.  It takes a lot of energy.  Sometimes people will hang out with a group they don't even like, just to be part of a group, because they don't want to be unpopular and they don't want to eat lunch alone.

Answer 10

I agree, it's disgusting, and there is no reason why it must be so, but I think that most people -- teens and adults -- revel in being crass and anti-intellectual, and find social support in the presence of like minds.  Hey, let's face it, most folks are pretty dense when you get to know them.  Pathetic, but undeniably true!  And yes, most of the people who read your question, and my response, on Y! A are such people and I fully expect to get thumbs down at best.  That's OK, why would I care about the opinions of such people (I've answered over 1000 questions but I have asked none).  My advice:  seek out intelligent people, cultivate a community of like minds, and ignore the common herd, for they will not change.