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This series seeks to analyze some of the negative aspects of the 'teen culture', which go against our Islamic values and traditions. Every Muslim parent and teacher needs to recognize that not actively participating in your teen's lifestyle is not an option.

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Stress in School: It's Natural!

"Most people say that when entering high school you begin to feel lot of stress. You are in a new school, you are the youngest, and you don't know many people. For me, however, that was not at all the case. I mean, sure it feels a little strange and it's going to take sometime to get used to, but for me, I think I felt the most stress when I was entering grade 8. Now, this was also very strange, because I knew everybody in my class well, I was with all my friends, and I knew the teachers and the building like the back of my hand.

"Yet from the first day of the school, I came home crying hard and this ended up being a recurring pattern that went on for several months. No one could understand why; I had my friends, my grades were great, and I had an amazing teacher, but to me the reason was clear: my friends were all changing!

"Now, popularity was their ultimate goal in life. Schoolwork and good grades were no longer their number one priority, and I was completely confused because, just two months ago in grade 7, these same people had been good. My friends had also decided to expand their vocabulary a little and swear.

"I guess that to many people, this problem that I faced in grade 8 would be nowhere near a dilemma, but for me, I knew that the solution couldn't simply be to act like them. This was not just because I'm very "religious" and it would go against everything I was taught, but because it didn't look or feel right. It didn't look or feel natural; it was so obviously superficial!

"So for a few months, I experienced major loss of appetite and some weight loss. I would also experience some pretty bad headaches that came from crying too much and the symptoms of stress were clear. However, now that I look back on those depressing days, I realize that I have actually triumphed, because if I had given in to save myself some stress, I may have become a shallow stereotypical teen: a fashion slave who's biggest fear is whether or not she'll be popular, someone who will do anything 'socially accepted', and look like the girl on the cover of the teen magazine."

Narrated by two sisters from Ottawa: Sr. Hoda Beshir & Sr. Noha Beshir

[compiled from "Muslim Teens: Today's Worry, Tomorrow's Hope" by Dr. Ekram Beshir and Mohamed R. Beshir, pp 24-25]