How Are Teenagers Represented?

Waterloo Road

This clip from Waterloo Road shows a selection of 5 teenagers being interviewed by their school teachers trying to prepare them for future interviews. The boy, Phill, is very sarcastic. Teenagers are often percieved to be very sarcastic, especially to adults. The first girl, Danielle, is also very sarcastic when she points out the obvious- that it isn't a bomb, it is a ball. She doesn't purposely do it in a sarcatsic way, however this tells us that she thinks the activity is pointless. This is a common thought of teenagers when they are forced into doing things at school which doesn't seem to have any relevance to anything. She then freaks out when she realises she will be 27 in 10 years time. The second girl has no reaction, showing she is either bored, tired, awkward or all three. Teenagers are known for being bored or tired a lot of the time. They are also thought to be the most awkward people to walk the Earth. Ros is the 4th teenager to have the 'bomb' thrown at her. She is the typical geeky, clever teenager who wants to have an amazingly good, well paid job. This representation then continues when the question 'where do you see yourself in 10 years time?' She comes up with a very complicated answer which makes her seem even more geeky and nerdy. It is thought that all schools have that group of teenagers who have no social life, who live and breathe school. She is shown to be one of those people. The final teenager is Micheala. She reacts how she actually wpould react if a real life bomb is thrown at her. When asked the same question about where she wants to be in 10 years time, she is logical and just like any other teenager. Not very many teenagers know the exact job, however they know the kinds of things that they don't want. This stereotype is shown perfectly.