The Adults Are Always Right?

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Kids hear: "nag nag nag!"
Adults say: "Stop watching television."
Kids hear: "nag nag nag nag nag nag nag."

They think of us as being lazy, and irresponsible, selfish and useless.
Some adults quiver when they hear how we will one day run this world. What makes
us lazy, the fact that we watch an hour of television after a hard day at school,
before eating dinner and doing our homework? Why are we irresponsible, because
we don't have time to walk the dog due to us studying for our upcoming exam?
We're selfish because we want peace and quite for when we study? And useless
because we can't run any errands for them when we're taking that one hour out of
our day to relax. They do, do a lot and I respect them and all, but give us some
credit for a change. Is it our fault that almost every house has at least one
television bigger than 22" and that basic cable comes with at least thirty
channels? They keep telling us their stories about when they were ...

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look the way we
do, but we take pride in our ‘grooming' ourselves. This goes to show how times
have changed. Kids no longer wear uniforms to public school anymore.We have the
freedom to wear what we want. However, is it our looks that make adults think
we're irresponsible and lack values? There are the few that look odd, act odd,
and . . . well . . . are odd, but do those few speak for the rest of us?
All kids ask for, is to be treated like they deserve to be treated. How
will putting them down and insulting them, make them feel better about
themselves and their surroundings? There are many intelligent minds out there
that have yet to be discovered. Teachers look at a lot of these kids ...

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