The Adults Are Always Right? :: essays research papers

The Adults Are Always Right?     "Clean your room Dont do that Stop watching that stupid television,dont you have a book to read? Didnt I tell you to clean your room, do you wantto be a slob when you grow up? Go to school, dont you have school today? When Iwas a kid . . ."     Welcome to the lives of almost every tee hacker in North America. To mostparents, when the above words are spoken, they expect to see their teen line of achievement atthe opportunity to serve them. The above words mean something to them and theythink it means something to us teens. They dont understand that the words go inthrough peerless ear and out through the other. Does a German understand the words ofan Italian? No Does a Chinese man understand the words of a Greek man? No Thereason, they are two completely different languages. Now although parents andtheir kids speak the same language, parents dont understand that we tune out ofEnglish when we want. If we populate something is going to be asked of us and wedont want to do it, we turn our brains into "Nag Mode." To define Nag Mode, issimple. Every syllable that comes out of the mouth of an adult is heard as nag. For exampleAdults say "clean your room ."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 waiver this world. What makesus 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, becausewe dont have time to walk the dog due to us mattering for our upcoming exam?Were selfish because we want peace and quite for when we study? And uselessbecause we cant run any errands for them when were taking that one hour out ofour day to relax. They do, do a lo t and I respect them and all, but install us somecredit for a change. Is it our fault that almost every house has at least onetelevision bigger than 22" and that staple cable comes with at least thirtychannels? They keep telling us their stories about when they were kids, and italways has to do with something we cant help."When I was a kid we had a 13" black and white television,