Economic Temptation: Today teenagers could be "tempted" economically to "buy friends." It sounds cheesy, like something out of a sitcom, but I think a lot of teenagers are concerned with who their friends are (whether they admit it or not). I think the idea of being popular is a huge social issue in high school. Everyone wants to be known and well-liked. People think they can become popular by making friends with the right people. But that is not how friendship is supposed to work; that is fake and superficial.
Magical Temptation: I think teenagers today could be tempted similarly to Jesus when meeting new people. Personally, I am always nervous when I am meeting new people and it sometimes causes me to act like someone else. I do not always do it consciously, but sometimes I do try to be a little "more toned down" or whatever quality it is that I think people will not like about me. I know I am not the only teenager who is tempted to do this to impress others. Actually, I think even adults do it.
Political Temptation: In movies, a lot of times you will see the "popular kids" running for positions like school or class president, and someone in the movie will say they just run for the position because they can. Although I do not think that is always true, sometimes I do feel like people run for those positions, not because they want to better their school or change things, but because they can, because the power is there for the taking. On the other hand, I think some people run for those positions with the best intentions, but not realizing that maybe they were not cut out for the job, and so they too were tempted by the power.
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