How many of you know what the, "Y," generation is? Some of you may, some may not. For those of you who don't, the ,"Y," generation is the group of people who were born between 1970, and the early 2000's. In other words, people who are 41 years of age or below. This means that the majority of you reading this are part of my generation. As a fifteen year old high school student, I here how lazy my generation is. We sit on the computer all day long, don't get outside enough,spend too much time on our cell phones, have no respect for our elders, talk too much, sleep too much, (then we stay up too late and don't sleep enough) eat too much junk food, watch too much T.V, play too many video games, slouch like bums, get too hyper, talk back when we're not supposed to, spend too much time in our rooms, etc. I could keep going! There seems to be no way to please our parents demands for us and we are constantly judged by society. We are told that our peers are growing up with no morals and that our future as American citizens is grim. So now we have to grow up, not only with the hardships of being a teenager, but also with our parents, teachers, leaders, we have to grow up with our role models telling us that we will become nothing. That's pretty tough if you ask me.
I don't think that the, "Adults," realize that if they're right, that we are lazy, they are the ones to blame. They are the people who are supposed to be raising us. Teaching us values and hard work and the difference between right and wrong. And yet here we are, getting looked down upon by the generation full of gods. Apparently they are perfect and when they see what we are becoming, we disgust them.
We have been dubbed as the apathetic generation. A generation that takes no initiative in our work, and no pride in what we do. So it looks like they take pride in how well they can stereotype. My generation is full of people who care about what they do and they take pride in every single thing that they do. They put everything that they have into the work they do and nothing less. So do not judge the people that surround me. They.. we are counting you to lead us in the right direction.
We are the future. There is no denying that. We will someday become what makes this country great. We will lead you, we will lead ourselves, and we will lead those who will someday do the same for us. So by telling us that we will make nothing of ourselves, you are only hurting your own future.
So keep telling us that we are a lost generation. We are not listening. Our generation is too busy striving for excellence to listen to the discouraging noises you make. So either you help us on our way to the future, or we will gladly do it on our own.
Ryan Pastircak
I don't think that the, "Adults," realize that if they're right, that we are lazy, they are the ones to blame. They are the people who are supposed to be raising us. Teaching us values and hard work and the difference between right and wrong. And yet here we are, getting looked down upon by the generation full of gods. Apparently they are perfect and when they see what we are becoming, we disgust them.
We have been dubbed as the apathetic generation. A generation that takes no initiative in our work, and no pride in what we do. So it looks like they take pride in how well they can stereotype. My generation is full of people who care about what they do and they take pride in every single thing that they do. They put everything that they have into the work they do and nothing less. So do not judge the people that surround me. They.. we are counting you to lead us in the right direction.
We are the future. There is no denying that. We will someday become what makes this country great. We will lead you, we will lead ourselves, and we will lead those who will someday do the same for us. So by telling us that we will make nothing of ourselves, you are only hurting your own future.
So keep telling us that we are a lost generation. We are not listening. Our generation is too busy striving for excellence to listen to the discouraging noises you make. So either you help us on our way to the future, or we will gladly do it on our own.
Ryan Pastircak
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