George Carlin's The Paradox Of Our Time

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High school is the beginning of parties, peer-pressure, temptation, and anxiety over futures. By the age of fifteen, more than 40% of high schoolers begin drinking. Statistics show that at eighteen, teenagers “drink too much” and have already experienced being intoxicated with alcohol (George Carlin, 9). George Carlin accurately articulates the life of a high schooler through a stanza of his poem, “The Paradox of our Time”. In the world today, a lot of teenagers are catered to, having their parents provide them with money instead of working. “Spending too recklessly” like deciding to buy the newest iPhone, or purchasing a new pair of sneakers causing teenagers to neglect the meaning of money (9). Technology these days allow people to order