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NOVA Teen Culture

Collected by: Paul VI Catholic High School

Archived since: Nov, 2010

Description:

Northern Virginia teen culture, life, and interests

Subject:   Society & Culture Arts & Humanities

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Title: The Buried Life

URL: http://feed.theburiedlife.com/

Description: This website features the "bucket" list of four guys who are tired of going through life wondering "What if?" It's meant to inspire people all over to chase after their dreams and never settle for second best. The site enables teens to post their dreams and sends the message to teenagers to go after their goals and continue to help others with their goals as well. In sophomore English we do assigned reading and writins projects about following our dreams.

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Title: Forever 21

URL: http://www.Forever21.com

Description: Forever 21 is a very popular clothing store for teenagers because it sells trendy fashions at a low cost. The clothes are not very well made but most teens can afford to buy a lot of clothes at Forever 21. In Forever 21, people can get beautiful trendy clothes for little money. It also sells shoes and accessories at a low price.

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Title: Abercrombie

URL: http://www.abercrombie.com/

Description: Abercrombie is one of the most popular stores for teenagers in United States. Abercromobie sells many different types of clothes that teens in Northern Virginia want to buy. The clothing is expensive and distinctive; wearing clothes from Abercrombie indicates the wearer has money to spend and wants everyone to know it.

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Title: Chipotle

URL: http://www.chipotle.com/

Description: Chipotle is a fully ripened and smoked jalapeno pepper. It's also a new kind of restaurant that prepares gourmet burritos and tacos at reasonable prices.Chipotle has a store a couple of blocks from our school. Most of the younger students don't hang out there because they stay closer to school at McDonald's or Panera. Older students like to go to Chipotle because the younger kids are not there.

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Title: Coach

URL: http://www.coach.com/

Description: Coach is a shop for handbags, accessories, and some jewlrey. Coach items are valued by NoVa teens for their style but are also expensive and therefore something of a status symbol.

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Title: Fairfax Times

URL: http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/

Description: The Fairfax Times newspaper covers local news, sports, and community events for the county. Paul VI High School activites can be found in its pages.

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Title: Hollister

URL: http://www.hollisterco.com/

Description: Hollister is another poplar store in Nortern Virginia. Hollister is a very well known American clothing brand that has clothes with a Southern California style that some NoVa kids like to wear.Students in our school are into different types of fashion and when we are allowed to "dress ourt" of our uniforms, it is easy to see which kids are into skate boarding and surfing because they like the Hollister brand.

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Title: Movie Tickets

URL: http://www.movietickets.com/

Description: Ever wonder what movies were playing a few years ago? This website offers trailers and information on each of the current movies. It will help future users see what was most popular as well as how much each of the movies made in revenue.

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Title: Panera Bread

URL: http://www.panerabread.com/

Description: Panera Bread is the favorite meeting spot for Paul VI students. It is located across the street from PVI and is part of a chain of bakery–café style restaurants that offer free wi-fi. Students can hang out at Panera with friends, a latte, and even their laptop.

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Title: Party City

URL: http://www.partycity.com/

Description: Party City is a party goods shop which sells invitations, costumes, and more. There's on directly across the street from our school, and is popular for Spirit Week and Halloween costumes.

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Title: People

URL: http://www.people.com/

Description: People is the go-to website for all of the celebrity gossip. Students, read articles, browse pictures, watch videos, and even play games on this interactive website.

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Title: Reston Town Center

URL: http://www.restontowncenter.com/

Description: Reston Town Center is very representative of teen culture in Northern Virginia. Teens like it because it has an almost city like atmosphere with all of its tall buildings, but it is still of a manageable size and very safe. It has so much to do to keep teens entertained, such as shopping, dining, movie theater and an ice skating rink in the town center. Reston Town Center also shows the culture of wealth that teens in northern Virginia today are steeped in because the shops are almost all high end.

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Title: Robek's

URL: http://www.robeks.com/

Description: Robek's is a smoothie chain with a store just down the street from our school. It's a very popular place for its quality yet flavorful smoothies.

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Title: Seventeen Magizine

URL: http://www.seventeen.com/

Description: Seventeen Magazine offers beauty and health tips, fashion trends, advice for teens love and college life, as well as articles on parties, prom and even fun and games in the form of quizzes and surveys. It offers a quick overview of what teens were intrested at this point in time.

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Title: Fair Oaks Mall

URL: http://www.shopfairoaksmall.com/

Description: Fair Oaks Mall is the closest mall to our school. While not as popular as Tysons Mall students enjoy shopping at stores such as Apple, Coach, J.Crew, Michael Kors, and Forever 21.

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Title: Tysons Corner Center

URL: http://www.shoptysons.com/

Description: Tysons Corner Center is not just a shopping mall it is "the" place to hang out for Northern Virginia teenagers. Because it is located close to the Capital Beltway, which circles Washington D.C., pleople come from Maryland and D.C. Tysons Corner Center has many different stores and restaurants/food courts and movie theaters even a play area with a train that little brothers and sisters can ride. You can find every kind of speciality/boutique style store at Tysons. It is always busy; at Christmas time its decorated to perfection. People can not only buy clothes for parties and prom but eat at fastfood and sit down restaurants. Many teens go to Tysons just to hang out.

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Title: Starbucks

URL: http://www.starbucks.com/

Description: Starbucks is another hang-our spot for Paul VI students. There is a Starbucks on almost every corner in Northen Virginia. They offer any type/combination of coffee, tea or hot chocolate imaginable. It is the place to get coffee and in the morning you can see students at their locker finishing the last sips of their Starbucks drink.

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Title: The North Face

URL: http://www.thenorthface.com/

Description: The North Face, Inc. is an outdoor product company specializing in outerwear, fleece, footwear, and equipment such as backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags. It is common to see boys, girls, and even adults in the NOVA area with the North Face logo on their jacket.

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Title: The Oatmeal

URL: http://www.theoatmeal.com/

Description: This website covers modern day topics in a humerous way. They create comics out of random or typically ignored topics. Some PVI student favorites include: "Ten Reasons it would Rule to Date a Unicorn" and "How Twilight Works". Classic reactions to this website include hysterical laughter, confusion, connection, and instant gratification.

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Title: UGG

URL: http://www.uggaustralia.com/

Description: UGG boots are from Austalia. They have a very distincive style and are popular with Paul VI students in the winter. These boots show that teenagers often like to shun the social norm of looking classy in favor of being comfortable. UGG boots have become a symbol that represents teen culture in America today almost as much as jeans were a symbol of teen culture in the previous generation.

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