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This Is Me

Who Are You?




we are individuals
we are people who have something to say
we are people who believe that
you are an individual, and that
you are someone who has something to say, and that together
we are people who can make a difference









Our teen survey:
1. When you look in the mirror do you wish you were?
31% a. More like the people in the magazines
42% b. I like the way I am
22% c. I think nothing of it
5% d. I think I'm ugly

2. Have you ever considered or done…?
a. Dieting Yes? 20% No? 80%
b. Skipping meals Yes? 41% No? 59%
c. Eating healthier Yes? 69% No? 31%
d. Regurgitating after eating Yes? 2% No? 98%

3. Why do you wear make-up?
10% a. Because my friends do
38% b. To impress the opposite or same sex
52% c. To feel better about myself

4. When it comes to brands I buy…
25% a. Only brand names
68% b. Whatever I like
0% c. What my friends are wearing
7% d. What I see in magazines

5. Would you ever consider plastic surgery?
Yes? 25% No? 75%

6. Have you ever…(circle the ones that apply)
4% a. Smoked cigarettes
90% b. Drank
6% c. Done drugs
7. If you have done one of the above were you…?
11% a. Peer pressured
9% b. Because I’m depressed
80% c. Because I wanted to
0% d. Because I think it’s cool

8. How often are you pressured to do drugs or drink?
39% a. Never
52% b. Once and a while
9% c. Often

9. In your opinion is this a problem?
Yes? 42% No? 58%

10. Have you ever been pressured into doing something you didn’t want to?
Yes? 60% No? 40%

11. Have you ever been affected through family, friends, or yourself with depression or suicide?
Yes? 48% No? 52%

12. When you are feeling down is there someone you can talk to?
Yes? 85% No? 15%

Beauty
What is true beauty?
As defined in the dictionary it is a combination of qualities that pleases the eye. The dictionary says nothing about brands, labels, height, shape, or color. This only takes us back to the ever popular phrase that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Beauty is a matter of our opinion, and only our opinion. Something that no one has the right to take away or change.


We’ve all been faced with questions. Am I good enough? Am I pretty enough? Am I cool enough? Am I smart enough? And no matter where we go we will almost always find pressure. There is pressure from our parents and expectations we are supposed to live up to. At school we get pressure from our peers for the same thing. The standards we are faced with feel too high. And sometimes you just feel like crying. Sometimes you want to die. Sometimes you want to be invisible, sometimes it feels like you’re going to crack. But what is perfect? Maybe everybody around me is satisfied but maybe im not satisfied with myself. All this page is trying to get across is to be yourself. Please. Stay true to what you believe is right. Be an individual. Be happy with yourself. And maybe if you do, then you can find your own meaning of perfect, your own meaning of beautiful, your own meaning of what you told yourself you wanted to be. That’s all we stand for. It’s a simple message and we have already made a change in our own lives for the better. Now it’s your turn to fight the image.






the media has a huge influance on how we see ourselves. If it's full of these "beautiful" people, (that have probably been airbrushed to look that way) we will compare ourselves to them, and expect to look the same way. Every year 5 000 000 people in the United States develop an eating disorder. One in every one hundred women between the ages of ten and twenty, aren’t eating the proper amount, and should go to see a doctor. 42% of first to third grade girls want to be skinnier. 91% percent of women in collage have tried to control their weight through dieting. Models weigh less than 98% percent of women. No wonder everyone thinks they’re over weight, when they’re trying to look like them.







Smoking, Alchool and Drug Use

45,000 people will die this year in Canada due to smoking
300 non-smokers will die of lung cancer
Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including tar, ammonia, carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and benzopyrene.

20% of the population age 15 years and older, are current smokers
23% of men age 15 years and older were current smokers
17% of women age 15 years and older were current smokers

Cigarette smokers have a lower level of lung function than those persons who have never smoked

In adults, cigarette smoking causes heart disease and stroke. Studies have shown that early signs of these diseases can be found in adolescents who smoke.
Smoking hurts young people's physical fitness
On average, someone who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes each day lives 7 years less than someone who never smoked.
The resting heart rates of young adult smokers are two to three beats per minute faster than nonsmokers.

Smoking at an early age increases the risk of lung cancer

Teenage smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don't smoke



Teens who smoke are 3 more likely than nonsmokers to use alcohol, 8 times more likely to use marijuana, and 22 times more likely to use cocaine. Smoking is associated with a host of other risky behaviors, such as fighting and engaging in unprotected sex.

About 10% of teens smoke cigarettes frequently
A teen who uses tobacco for more than a year has more than an 80% chance of becoming dependent on it
28 of teens have had a recent episode of heavy drinking

The leading cause of death for teens and young adults is auto accidents related to alcohol

Drinking also lowers inhibitions, which can lead teens to have unprotected sex, increasing the chance of pregnancy and infection with sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes, chlamydia, and HIV (AIDS).


Teen Drinking Graph:




40% of teens have tried marijuana one or more times
22 of teens currently use marijuana
9% of teens have tried cocaine
4% use it currently Cocaine is an addictive drug.

It is especially dangerous because it can cause abnormal heartbeats, occasionally resulting in a life-threatening heart attack, seizure, or stroke




. We live in a society that celebrates beautiful people, and when they don’t measure up to those standards, it makes them judge their selves and others superficially.
. The celebrities we see, may seem gorgeous and lead the perfect lives, but they might not necessarily be the role model type.
. Most teenagers are not educated enough to know that these people aren’t the real thing. Tyra Banks, who is one of the world’s greatest models, admits that she has cellulite, but says that all her photographs are retouched to cover her imperfections.
. Every single photograph that we see in magazines is changed to make the skin look shinier, features look bigger or smaller, and can even airbrush a few pounds off the body.
. The truth is, models are templates, and the real beauty is in the art of the graphic designer.

. But teenagers’ insecurities about their image didn’t just happen when they turned thirteen. Kids as young as six years old become self conscious about their image.

. School is the place where teens spend most of their time. They’re faced with the pressure from the people they know and see everyday. This can also create confusion in what they want to, or have to be like.
. Their friends might be commenting on who you are and what you look like, which can be good or bad, but in the same breath, create a competitive, and pressuring environment.




Peer Pressure
Many teens say that the people who have the most influence on their lives,
is other teens.
This can cause them to be easly pressured into doing the wrong thing.
Teens have to learn how to say no to other teens.





Tessa/Meredith/Anthony/Keelan/Toni