Well I liked it when I used to watch it (this was all in 2011 and 2012) they have stupid unrealistic storylines most of the time, and the characters/actors are sexualised too much though some are under 18, they have good music taste and soundtrack though. It can be quite funny, but obscene too. Sometimes they try too hard with the humour. If you're British, you'd probably recognise most of the cast from other pieces. My favourite characters were Cassie/Pandora. I prefer Shameless to Skins though. Oh and there is a lot of nudity and drugs and sex.
I was 11 when it started too! But I didn't even know about it then, just heard of it in 2009, saw a few scenes on a website in the same year, then got DVDs of some series in 2011-12. Series 6 is the only one I watched the same week as they first broadcasted
Is that sign saying "no sex on this chair"?