Misjudged Youth In Contemporary America

Misjudged Youth in Contemporary America

Punk (pungk) n. Slang a young inexperienced boy. Adj. Of or relating to bizarre style of clothing; relating to punk rock bands. (Webster’s Dictionary) When most people think of the term “punk” they automatically refer to the dictionary definition without even realizing it, and in a sense prejudging those associated as punks. There are several horrifically unjust stereotypes associated with punks. Although most people do see punks as degenerate, uneducated, troublemakers; they also may be seen as misfits simply looking for a scene where they can be accepted for who they are and not what they look like.
To say all punks are uneducated is to say “all teenagers are drunken dope addicts or glue sniffers.” (Less Than Jake, “All My Friends Are Metal-Heads”) Just to name one example of how “uneducated” punks are: Greg Graffin, lead singer of Bad Religion, a very prominent punk rock band formed in the 1980’s “has a Bachelors Degr...