Punks Take a Stand Date Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 02:34 PM PST Topic This Website I’ve noticed something wrong with Shmeng. Something very wrong. Now, I can understand why it’s on here. If I were in the position of the adults on Shmeng I’d probably do it too. What is this horrible wrongness I’ve seen? Kid bashing. Not only does it make me feel bad it’s also hypocritical. I’m sure when the adults were our age they were similar. But the kids aren’t really helping the matter either. However, I think it’s time that one of the punks stands up for all teenage kind. No matter how naive we may be… Yes, I’ll admit it. Teenagers do whine a lot. Usually about something tiny or something that’s cliché. If I had a dime for every time I heard or read some depressed teen on the net say “You don’t understand me!” I’d have quite a few dimes. But, have you thought about it? It might be true. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Maybe we don’t understand you. Let’s ponder over this absurd notion for a minute. You grown-ups have lived much longer then we have. It’s true. You’ve been through so much more then we have. You’ve had to pay bills, you’ve had jobs, and some of you even have children of your own! We will someday too. But what have we’ve done at this point in our lives? We’ve had to pay for that tube of lipstick (or have had mommy and daddy buy it for us), we’ve done chores around the house or have worked at Burger King, and we’ve baby-sat or have younger brothers and sisters! We can’t possibly comprehend your world. That’s why we whine about things that don’t really matter to you. That’s why we freak out over something so small. And that’s why we don’t get you. Also, from our perspective sometimes you freak out over tiny things too. For instance we don’t understand why you get so upset over teenage angst. You complain just like we do. Sure, yours maybe more serious, but it’s still complaining and whining just the same. So isn’t it in a way hypocritical to yell at us and tell us to suck it up when you whine just the same? It's just a natural part of life. Just like you bitching about your job, we bitch about school. Just like you bitch about your boss, we bitch about our teachers or our parents. Even in adulthood some of you still bitch about how your parents don’t understand you! Trust me on this one though, as much as you don’t want to hear us complain, we don’t want to hear you complain either. You think that our problems are unimportant and trivial but it’s really only about your point of view. There’s probably someone in some far away land who’s starving and who’s family was just blown up who thinks your problems are just as trivial as you think ours are. You tell us “Just wait till you have REAL problems.” Have you ever stopped to think that that foreigner is saying that about you? Probably not. You don’t want to think about that anymore then we want to think about having your problems. Reading over what I have written I have come up with a new thought. Maybe we aren’t so different after all. Maybe if we tried really hard we could understand each other. And maybe I’m just dreaming. Nonetheless, adults shouldn’t be as hard as they are on teenagers, and teenagers shouldn’t yell at the adults about not understanding them. For, most of the adults are far wiser then you and I. So, adults, next time you think about scolding that young kindergothen and telling them they shouldn’t be so shallow put yourself in their shoes for just a moment. Fellow teenagers, before replying back to that adult who has scolded you, try to look at the world from their perspective. Or at least make yourself intelligent sounding in the reply. Or maybe read what they have written and think about the comments they have made. There just might be some good advice in there… somewhere…. Now that that’s said and done let’s all take a moment to reflect on ourselves and try to understand each other to the best of our abilities. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=397