4. Indoor people - You say its not nice for us to be indoor people. That instead of staring at a screen all day and spoiling our eyes and becoming obese, we should go out and play. What happens when we attempt that? You, yes you hae a problem with that too. Apparently, we break your flower pots. Here's the catch. The pots are in the middle of the playing area. Of course they break. Why dont you do your gardening in your own homes instead of encroaching upon public property? Then you complain that we break your windows. That may happen once in a while, i agree but then you are the guys who plan the housing and development,...not us. Plan sensibly so that there is a place for the kids to play....You dont let us play and then you complain how all we do is sit inside all day long.
EDIT (to add more points as Amanat has pointed out dated 21/03/'09):
5.Maturity regarding career path - Just how dumb do you think we are? And in case you have an extremely low opinion of our IQ or thinking capabilities, just remind yourself that its your grey cells we have inherited...we didnt buy out brains from the supermarket...we got them from you and if you think we dont have any, then...well..you get the idea dont you?
Teens, by the time they have to make a career choice are not only well aware of a wide array of careers available, they are also well aware of how much these careers pay, how much is their inclination/aptitude for these careers and the path to reach that career goal. So, instead of trying to emphasise on your all round knowlege, just guide us by playing along and helping us out when we ask you for help instead of trying to opinionate us before you even know what we are thinking of pursuing. Believe me, we know that you wont be there to feed us forever and we need to make a living. And given the prevailing adult opnion of how much kids expect (e.g. cool cell phones, random movies, branded clothes only etc...etc...), i should think you would realise that we are very much worried about our future. So, give us a break allright. We CAN think and decide for ourselves and all you have to do is give the QC (Quality Check) stamp.
6.Techno Freaks - Belive me, its not being a techno freak that matters. Its just knowing enough to be able to tell when the phone comapny is trying to cram your bills and why your computer wont start. Thats just technological GK. DFew of us are obsessed enough with technology to give it much conscious thought. Most of us (especially more so the girls) have have better things to do (like watch a game of football, or even better...play a game for the boys, beautify themselves or talk on the phone for the girls). The reason you feel we are addicted to technology is because we have grown up with the technology and can relate to it much better than you. For you, a black and white TV may have been a rare thing in your days of growing up, but for us, its a rare thing because people now use HDTV or Plasma TV. A color TV is owned by even people living in slums. So, grow up and start acting you age. Youre supposed to be mature adults. Act that way.
Any other problem you have with us teens, id like to hear them. Any point i have missed (im sure to have missed plenty), feel free to post a comment abd i shall presently counter the adults point of view. As an arrogant know-it-all teenager it is my right and i shall gladly excercise it.
Cheers!
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Sorry to say but I don't completely agree with you.I think we must think from their perspective also and some of the things we might have done/reacted the same.Its actually the side in which u are ,you tend to favour that side ,its very difficult to have a neutral prospective to this issue.
Anyways well written !!
I am happy this time i m the first one to post a comment.I had aspired to the same the last time also but couldn't.
Yes. Some of the things we do are surely stupid. After all, we are young. This rant is basically because i am totally sick of the generalization that all teens are stupid, senseless arrogant know-it-alls who think no end of themselves as is the prevalent opinion of many adults. You and I do not fit into that category and hence this rant. Its written from a very biased point of view simply because its arguing against a very biased people, who will completely refuse to hear me out if it is a neutral point of view. (Take my word for it, I've tried.)
This was very well written.
You know..you could add that adults think that teens are obsessed with technology and stuff like they think that we aren't mature enough to choose a career path..and..blah blah.
anyway,loved what you wrote.
Bloody Teenagers!!!
What the hell are they doing- drinking and smoking and doing drugs and losing their virginities before me!?
Good thing I only have a few years left.
I want to read what Air has said
It was the same thing, just a little less. I'm new at this. I thought the post would just vanish.
@ Amanat: Thy wish is my command. If you have better arguments, I await word from you.
@ Air: Quit cribbing. Who is stopping you from losing your virginity if you really want to? And if you are really interested in dying then there are much better ways of doing it than smoking. Theres no one stopping you and if there are..then good for you.
You have nothing to be jealous about. And its not all teens who do all that. Its just that, the few who do are so widely publicised that its like they are the only ones who make the teen community. The rest of us only exist to take the blame and hear the endless.."teens are this..teens are that".. The constant whining which, it seems, you are adding to.
@ Mukul: He said exactly the same thing with more emphasis the first time.
haha....nice read! enjoyed it......
oh...but i didnt like that part where you say 'specially girls"......i love technology! :D
Hey...you elaborated my suggestions!!:P
Yeah..really nice.You have a knack of being really sarcastic.Works well for this post.
@Acidic Ashima: That is a highly generalised statement and im glad youre not a part of it. (It says "more so the girls", not "all girls")
:)
@ Amant: Yeah...well..guess where i picked it up from?...that right...the very same adults who write beautiful articles against us teens in a much similar fashion. :D
The representation of teen-age in pop culture is just so damn WRONG -_-
We just sit around studying and waiting for college.
A lot of those idiot kiddies are inspired by media, and think it's cool to party till 1AM before your test and fail the next day, and have your parents serve alcohol at your birthday party. (You have no idea how pissed the second situation makes me.)
It's only when you reach the 12th grade, and the fag end of it, for some, that you realize that all the pretenses and 'attitude' just for the sake of 'attitude', ring hollow, having taken from you your potential and given you nothing but the company of those who have made the same mistake but refuse to realize it.
And Anshuman, I'll keep my virginity, now that I've seen what happens when you lose it 'wrong'.
@ Air: Buddy, youve hit the nail, right on the head when you say the representation of teenage pop culture is wrong. Its a fake image, nowhere near the reality.
Cheerio!
From the teenagers' point of view, apt. The adults, I'm sure disagree. But as Dumbledore said (yes, I absolutely love Harry Potter)
"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young..."
So...in a roundabout way, you agree..right Pratichi?
...As for the adults point of view, if they were to ever take an unbiased neutral standpoint, i am sure that they would see the reality is that this is a gross misrepresentation...
...And in case you wish to be their advocate, and support this false image, then you and I have a long debate ahead of us...
well, I won't risk a debate with you... I'm simply saying that I agree now but I might not after another 20 years...
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