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Teenage years are the most awkward years of one’s life. At this age we are no longer kids but we are also not adults; part of us wants to grow up but part of us is not ready. We want do the things that adults do but we also want to continue to be carefree and innocent like kids.

In our teenage years there is so much going and sometimes it’s too much. We have to balance school, friends, family, and a bunch of other stuff. We are trying to find who we are and what we want. Our hormones are everywhere at this age. We are face to face with some many temptations. We are trying to deal with the hardships of high school; trying to take the hardest classes to get the best grades. We change, our friends change. We grow closer to some our friends, we grow apart from some of our friends.Some of the people in the pictures above I don't even talk to anymore, some of the people in the picture above like Aaddaya, Yahaira, and Josselyne have been my friends since 9th grade and still are today, some of my friends like Michelle and Raul whom I became closer to this year are not even in my collage above but mean a lot to me. By the way thank you Michelle for being there for me this year, love you. Some experience first love while others are experiencing heartbreak. We are forced to take classes we don’t like. Junior year is seriously terrible; Villa says that junior is the worst because you’re stressed and miserable and he is completely right.Don't get me wrong I love learning but sometimes I wish I didn't have to do a chapter packet at 1 am. I appreciate that teachers like Villa, Geib, and Kindred try to recognize that we are in some of our most challenging years and attempt to keep us sane. Because we do need someone to remind us that if don’t get straight As we will still be okay.

It appears that most adults forget this part of their life.Our teenage years would be so much easier if our parents would not be so hard on us. In a period where we don’t even know what we want it doesn’t help when adults are trying to make us who they want. They should allow us to grow up and find our own path. Parents should give us our space to grow up and try to understand us. I try to understand why my parents do what they do but sometimes they need to try to understand me. I know they only want what's best for me but sometimes I want to be able to determine what is best for me. Parents need to trust us with our lives; they need to allows us to make mistakes so we can learn from them.