How are Teenagers Represented in this Episode of Skins?

In this fist episode of skins we see the two main story lines plotted out before us, buying drugs for a party and losing their virginity.
Immediately we see the typical stereotyped features of a normal teenager, like the laziness, sloppiness and vulgar language, however we also see the true side of them and what they do in their day to day lives like going to school and generally helping each other out of bad situations.
The first story line tells us that the lead character, Tony, is helping his best friend, Sid, lose his virginity. This is representing teenagers as sex crazed children who have absolutely no idea what they are doing, which is what we see Sid as.
The second story line is about them buying drugs so they can have a wild and chaotic night at a party. This tells us that they feel they need to take something to enjoy the night better. This shows that these certain types of teenagers are nothing but trouble and are very foolish when really all they want to do is stay young and have fun.

The settings that we seen the Skins cast varies, first we encounter them starting the day at normally just waking up, in a shower, praying or practice their vocations in life. It is quite ironic that the media represents teenagers as scandalous fiends that do nothing but come home late from parties or don’t bother coming home at all as they are almost certainly sleeping around having orgies, when really they are at home in their beds being innocent until night time arrives.
We then see them in school where they are being normal and taking an interest in their education. However, when we see them in a park in their group they act like some of the teenagers that being stereotyped by the media. They talk openly about drugs and sex like it is a common topic in which they always naturally discuss. Their attitudes really change when we see them in the party in which other members crash in during the early hours of the morning. This shows that all they want to do in their free time is have fun and to not give a moments thought about how they will do it.

The relationships with the other characters show us that they are quite close. They talk openly about each other, however; this shows us that even though they are a group of close friends, they are quite separate with what they do like their habits such as tap dancing and other various activities.
The leader in this group of stereotyped teenagers, Tony, is in an intimate relationship with another member of the group who discuss openly with each other about their sex lives as if they are adults.
Whereas, Sid, Tony’s best friend, has no intimate relationships with any member of the group or outside of it.

The two characters of my focus are quite opposite in what they wear. Tony wears normal black jeans, a clean shirt and a jacket this suggests that he knows how to dress nicely and likes to be presentable; whereas Sid wears oversized jogging bottoms and a jumper including a beanie hat. To me this suggests that he is quite sloppy and is quite self-conscious of himself.
Their behaviour is also very different from each other as well. Tony acts almost like a gentle man in his manner. He also sees himself as the leader of the group. Furthermore Sid carries about like a nervous wreck half of the time and follows Tony around like a sheep dog. This defiantly suggests that he is not a leader in any way.

They are also very different in what they say even though they are best friends and have almost certainly grown up together. If notice carefully at best friends, they usually look or act like each other. This is different case entirely for Sid and Tony.
Tony is very well spoken and carries himself like a proper English gentleman with the way he speaks. He has no need for vulgar language and uses sensible dialogue that you would find in dictionaries. However, when we look at Sid we can see that he is neither well spoken or has a gentlemanly manner, he talks like he constantly sleepy and uses common words and phrases as if he does not know any other type of vocabulary.