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are we doing taking up space on the world wide web?
Some, many actually, do not think that listening to another person’s opinion is an issue. They feel that they do listen, whether when talking to friends, watching the news, or even listening to music. Well, guess what? People don’t listen to us. Us is the whole group of society that is often shunned by those out of school, those working, those done with applying their minds. Many have the belief that teenagers (God, do I hate that word – even I have an aversion to it) do not have enough life experience and make the wrong decisions with friends, drugs, sex, alcohol, school, EVERYTHING. There is a stereotype that young adults cannot think for themselves. Everyone has heard how we (“teenagers”) fall into the pit of “peer pressure” or are stuck in a rut of “cool.” You wouldn’t be able to count how many people have mistaken the definition of “cool.” Merriam Webster quite plainly describes cool as what is “all right.” Yet, when I tell my parents that someone’s bag is “cool,” they send a furrowed eyebrow my way and say, “Just because it’s ‘cool’ doesn’t mean you have to have it, too. Why can’t you be more of an individualist?” For the hundred and fifty-eighth time, I explain to them that when I say that something is “cool,” I mean that I personally like it and wouldn’t be ashamed to walk around with it, and that it would show people who I am. Inevitably, my parents will simply shrug with a look on their faces as though they know something I don’t. So as you listen to the news, tell me, how many reports have you heard about someone under the age of twenty doing something unacceptable by society? And did you hear anything about the group of high schoolers that sent supplies to troops overseas, or even performed in a band whose lyrics changed (maybe even saved) someone’s life? Of course, those people that shake off our achievements would say something like: “The only thing those stupid kids are interested in is music. I’m glad I won’t be around for when they govern themselves.” Every single one of us has opinions (the good, the bad, and the unheard). The problem is that because of society’s cliché, almost no one bothers listening. Stop fucking judging us. We have different ideas and that’s all. We’re capable of anything. Absolutely anything. posted by marta. LINKS: how to submit. contact us. YouTube. Flickr. Blogger. |
