Sometimes I'm annoyed they're so similar to how we were. They haven't progressed at all, just copied what we uh.. copied from those who were young before us.
Sometimes I'm annoyed they're so similar to how we were. They haven't progressed at all, just copied what we uh.. copied from those who were young before us.
FellowCpt..Ahab wrote:
Maybe (hopefully) this is only true in the rural, hick-ish area that I live in, but HS kids still use terms like f*g, q*eer, and retarded (as put downs, often "lightheartedly"). I must shamefully admit that I did the same thing in high school.
I live in a pretty rural town. This is still there, believe me
Cowardly making excessive levels of noise in public places and on public transport just because you're in a group.
Flipping water bottles
As a group, not aimed at any individual: thinking anything you do is new or different from what the older generations have done, or not realising we've seen and done it all before you; we've seen and done things that would make you blush, not the other way around. We've actually lived (some extraordinary) lives even those now wanting to settle down. If we look like we lead boring lives, it's because we've done all the exciting shit, and have moved on.
Don't assume we all wish to be your age again either. You may never make it to our age!
Apart from that you're all fine. We've been there and understand how it feels to be a teen HSer. Keep up the running!
Stand up straight, turn your hat around with the brim forward, wear a belt and pull up your pants, and no race mixing.
Not know how to look something up, or figure something out. You're literally walking around with computers in your pockets and yet you didn't know there was a 100% chance of rain.....
I think retarded needs to make a comeback. Great word gone too soon....
When a fight breaks out at school, don't just stand there video taping while someone gets pummeled on the ground. Show some freaking empathy and break up the fight. I know HS kids are full of hormones and from time to time will go off and get into fights. But, when I was a kid, the fight was over when someone went down or could no longer defend themselves. That was a rule. When someone went down, fight over. Winner goes to their corner. I am so tired of seeing videos of 15 HS kids standing around with their phones out while someone gets beat senselessly after losing a fight.
As a teenager, have you ever seen those stupid Welch's juice commercials with kids speaking in an eloquent and cocky manner? Do you ever want to knock them down a peg? That's how adults view teenagers.
Adults feel entitled to more respect, and feel like you do not pay them the respect as authority figures that they are due. As a result, they do not respect you (teenagers) as people.
As a father of 3 high schoolers, I think your generation actually gets a bad rap.
My kids work way harder than I did when I was a kid. And, I'm not pushing them to do so. I think kids today are great.
My only constructive suggestion is to occasionally put down your phones, especially when with company.
4:26miler wrote:
As adults overseeing the young population, what is the most annoying thing that us high schoolers do? (in your opinion)
It's always a fashion show. Dress to impress
As a father of 5 I notice my kids and their friends use profanity in an extreme manner and think it is completely normal in a conversation. Years ago the F Bomb was never dropped in front of parents or adults. Now my kids swear all the time in casual conversation.
Last night at dinner, my one son said sh!t 3 times in about 60 seconds. I pointed it out and he was not aware he had said that. Nice
4:26miler wrote:
As adults overseeing the young population, what is the most annoying thing that us high schoolers do? (in your opinion)
Not giving a thought to those around you - i.e. generally nice kids who do inconsiderate stuff like joy riding on a little kid's bike, or kicking over lawn ornaments, or keying cars, or checking for open car doors and stealing loose change, etc.
I know most of the kids that do this sort of thing know better, or will turn out pretty well, but in the moment they do it for kicks, or to show off and don't realize it can ruin a person's whole week.
NorwegianTroglodyte wrote:
MastersMan wrote: Spending so much time with your nose stuck in your phone instead of actually talking to the people you're hanging out with.That's why they are dateless losers and why millenial girls now more than ever before turn to their cultured, well-informed mature masters who actually pay full attention to them during convo and sex.
Older guys have been saying this about younger generations since the beginning of time. Its obviously all out of age jealousy. Women just like older men thats nothing new
Old farts wrote:
Flipping water bottles
+1 . I was sitting at a race rewards ceremony and there were some elementary kids flipping bottles beside me, very distracting to me. In a passive aggressive mood I wanted to ask if I could try it and then just throw the bottle to the other end of the parking lot and say, "Sorry. I guess I'm not very good at it."
Feeling the need to make fun of passersby when you're with a group of your peers. Why do you need to talk mess about someone who is just minding their business? It's cowardly. Most grown men could beat the crap out of you and your friends, but we can't or else we'll end up in jail.
That, and the pants hanging below your butt.
da man wrote:
As a father of 3 high schoolers, I think your generation actually gets a bad rap.
My kids work way harder than I did when I was a kid. And, I'm not pushing them to do so. I think kids today are great.
Agreed. I recently had dinner with a group of older Cornell alumni. We all had a laugh about how pathetic our own college applications would look to an elite university today.
Our high school grades were good, but not perfect. We agreed that none of us really spent a ton of time studying or doing homework in HS. The SAT wasn't something to prepare for. We just took it cold and hoped we were smart enough to do well. If we signed up for a club or sport, it was because we were interested in it, never because we needed an activity for our resume. We really only thought about college applications while we were actually physically completing them.
I volunteer coach with a local HS track team off and on, and those kids are just insane. Our ninth graders have already put more thought and effort into their college applications than I did in my entire high school career. Their weekdays are just school, practice, and homework--nothing else. Then weekends are packed with SAT prep and whatever jobs, clubs, and volunteer work have been deemed necessary as resume builders.
As a guy with reasonably strong academic credentials and professional accomplishments, I really don't think I would be competitive at all if I was born into this generation. My friends would be like "I'm gonna go home from practice and do homework until midnight," and I'd be like "cool. I'm gonna bike around the neighborhood with my brother and then go to bed at 10."
over 25 wrote:
Nothing. You're in high school, I expect you to be annoying little poop snatchers. The annoying ones are the adults who get annoyed at high schoolers for not being as smart or experienced as they are.
Haven't you ever heard, baby boomers were never young and stupid. Then again, the baby boomers of the 1960s-1970s were far more liberal than liberals today.
Thin and alone wrote:Last night at dinner, my one son said sh!t 3 times in about 60 seconds. I pointed it out and he was not aware he had said that. Nice
It's your job to instill him with morals, manners and etiquette