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Originally posted by fuct4less its true. i gave up on academics and trying to fit into society when i was 14. i just got tired of being devoid of an imagination, and sick of taking shit from the plastic people.

Agreed. My brother fits this thread well. The first thing he does when he gets up is turn on the tv. From then until he goes to sleep he does nothing but gameboy and tv.
Its depressing.

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Originally posted by Orbax i blame the baby boomers because they are the worst parents ever collectively. they view kids as "young adults" and treat them as such, constantly pushing people to grow up grow up grow up!

I agree baby boomers are a very bad generation of parents. Really, they're just a childish bunch that never quite grew up. On the other hand, they treat their children almost as if they were adults, and are therefore emphasizing the problem even further.

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Originally posted by Streakfury I feel the pain, bro! I'm 19 (which is old enough ) and I still think that I have too many responsibilities for my age! Kids these days get to 16 years old and are forced to sit exams, the outcome of which will determine how they live the rest of their lives. If thats not harsh on a 16 year old brain, I dont know what is. But then there are obnoxious little brats out there who have everything laid out before them and are spoilt rotten. These kids need to learn how to handle responsibilty or they'll end up dealing hard drugs on some street corner before ending up in prison. Shove those ones into the army. Complicated world we live in, eh?? Thank god for trance. If only TA's ruled the world...

I agree that the system is treating children as if they were adults, as far as choice making goes. It makes them do decisions at a time at which they are not quite ready for them. This approach can often be doing more harm than good. Ultimately, that results in weaker education, as most children naturally choose easier subjects. That makes most people less educated and less capable. So greater responsibility at a young age infact leads to less responsibility at a latter age. Which is seen by the fact how childish have adults recently become.

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Originally posted by Taz After much obervation and discussion with friends on the subject (one of whom started teaching high school), I feel the need to post this where I know people will read it. There's been lots of talk of the world becoming a mess what with megacorporate control, scary technology that could get in the wrong hands, and so on. My concern is that the new generation of kids are being robbed of a chance to daydream and develop an imagination, as they are being force-fed a hectic schedule of sports, lessons and organized activities, pressure from competitive parents and constant distration offered by TV, videogames, the Net and so on. And as the media repeats its favorite juicy little horror stories over and over, parents end up so scared of the outside world that they shleter the crap out of these kids, even spy on them with webcams sometimes. I'm talking about a whole new generation that has hardly a moment left to their own devices, to do things like spending hours in the back of the house just drawing. Picking up a stick and pretending it's a gun or a conductor's baton or whatever you like. Pondering the fate of a dead bird on the ground and thinking about what life is and what it means. Singing just for self-amusement. Getting into regular, predictable mischief and having a story to tell about it years down the road. Quality alone time. And they have no peace of mind now either. I'm starting to see, and hear about, (and I'm even related to) kids and 13-14's who are frustrated, spoiled, anxious, dependent as crackheads and convinced that the whole world revolves around them. And they have no imagination, they just "huh-huh", shrug their shoulders and whine. Anybody else see this?

I'm 16, studying hard for the SAT's, working my ass off to maintain my 4.0's, and worry like hell about college. Stop telling me that I think the world revolves around me when I'm trying my damn best to get INTO society.

o and my parents moved here from another country, so technically I am a first gen American immigrant. So pretty much I'm exploring the American culture with my peers alone and without any influence from my parents. Guess that might skew my views a little.

Everybody here is a hypocrite. We all base our perceptions on the standards that are relative to us. Therefore what is deemed as 'ok' to us was thought of as being overly provocative to the previous generation. So although we can complain about kids nowadays, at least we should realize that we are realtively no different than they ever were.

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Take it easy, folks - I wasn't saying absolutely everybody at such-and-such an age is spoiled; certainly not lazy, I'm just assessing the way the wind is blowing now and its effect on the big picture. I get where you're coming from.

Also I'm not sure what the boomers have to do with this; the boomers' kids are more late-Gen X/early Gen Y, who came of age a long time ago. I'm talking more about something more recent.

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Oh and one more thing...

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Originally posted by mndeg uh, just bomb mtv and the next generation of kids will be normal again

Good suggestion, I feel much better already. Any other requests?

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Originally posted by Taz Good suggestion, I feel much better already. Any other requests?

kill the trl fans

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Originally posted by Taz Oh and one more thing... Good suggestion, I feel much better already. Any other requests?

I need more ninjar stars