8/7/10
The youth of today. We're portrayed so awfully by everyone, the government, older people, our parents and in fact even the teenagers seem to stereotype other teenagers that they walk by. But the truth is, we're not so bad.
Recently I was walking around town and an old man scowled unnecessarily at me. I checked whether the clothes that I was wearing may have been slightly revealing and inappropriate; they weren't, I wondered if I'd put on too much makeup; I was wearing next to nothing. So I came to the conclusion that this old man must have been scowling at me because of the stereotype of the whole youth of today. I've also had first hand experience of an old woman accusing me of 'pushing in front of her' waiting for the queue for the bus! It seems to me that these people are more childish that than the automatically criminalised teenagers of this society.
Just because sometimes we may walk around in a hoodie, or may be socialising with a rather large group of people, it by no stretch of the imagination automatically means that we want to harm people over 40 or binge drink until our stomachs need to be pumped. I'm not going to lie, yes we do like a drink, people my age are experimenting with how much they can drink and what makes them hungover and not - but it is the small minority that when having a drink get violent, and an even smaller amount get into serious trouble because of drinking and drugs.
The press are far too inclined to scrutinise teenagers but are not so fast to comment upon the hard work and wonderful things that they can do for their society. Through the press is where the stereotypes have evolved because there is such a lack of good press on the youth. There are far too many articles on teenage pregnancy - which, although it may be high in the UK, most people are sensible!
I reckon we should just get given a break from the scrutiny just a little bit, because how else would we learn to make the right choice without making the mistakes?
All my love, Libby :]
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All my love, Libby :]
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