How do you think youth is represented?

Youth is presented in an ill-mannered way in the Waterloo Road clip. The fact Harry’s big sister attempts to make herself look big by humiliating her little brother indicates this. Harry’s sister breaks the stereotype for a typical teenager, bulling others. This is shown from her bad behaviour towards others. Teenagers are represented as chavy from the use of language, using slang which is normally associated with young people, for example “innit”. Youth want to appear as the most powerful, they will do anything to make their position in their social group look better by not following the rules. As teenagers, people feel like they have to have a bad relationship with their siblings. This represents youth as rude and untrustworthy. On a whole, the group of young students appear to judge majority of people who pass. Peer pressure is clearly shown from the guy saying, ‘she seems alright’. This connotes that young people fear sharing their opinions because they want to look superior and care a lot about what others may think. Dignity from the older boy is an anti-stereotype as we don’t expect to see people stick up for younger boys, they usually feel the need to join in and mock those who don’t follow the rules. The fact that the girl is acting most dominant cracks the stereotype of girls being twofaced and backstabbing others. The fact we have a black person, sticking up for a white person who is being prosecuted shows the audience how much time has changed.