The pressure of being successful early in life today is sometimes unbelievable. Good grades, perfect appearance, the "right" friends, etc. The pressure everyday is sometimes unbearable. Being a teen is hard. When you say to your parents "I want to grow up" and they always reply with "no you don't" or "enjoy it while it lasts." Today teens really do want to grow up so that they can escape this stage of life. They just want the relief. Graduation requirements are tougher, colleges are expensive. A lot kids that can get into an Ivy league school won't be able to go just because their family can't pay for it. But if education is the most important thing, why do they make it so hard to get that education? Especially after High School.
It's not just the pressure of school though, it's also the pressure of society. Society teaches us that being different is wrong. So instead we try to be like someone else. The person that is perfect. Whether it's a famous person or the most popular kid in school. But when you try to live as someone else you lose yourself and your control. Today everyone is expected to be skinny and if you aren't you get teased. But being "fat" isn't bad, neither is being skinny. Everyone is different and everyone's body reacts differently.
Society also teaches us that being wrong is bad. From the time we can speak if we say something wrong or do something wrong we are scolded and corrected. We aren't given the chance to learn from our mistake, we just know that it was a mistake. School teaches us that we have to get it right the first time or not at all with the grading system. You have to learn from your mistake to become wise, wisdom doesn't just happen because you're old. But we can't learn from our mistakes when we are young because mistakes are bad.
"A winner is one who accepts his failures and mistakes, picks up the pieces, and continues striving to reach his goals."
If you could go anywhere to escape reality where would you go? I would go to the moon.
Man that was great. Yes, every standard is being raised. Students are being demanded to learn more in a shorter time. They say it is to get the jobs of the future, but it is really they don't want to train you to do those jobs because it is a cost to them. We over sold college. Telling every student their future depended on college. This is a supply and demand problem. We increased the demand so the price goes up. I am happy to gain your insight. As for adults saying don't want to grow up so fast, they're just jealous. And like Pink Floyd said, " I'll meet you on the dark side of the Moon. RAWR
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything you said.
ReplyDeleteYou're such an inspiration!