I went to a drive through today, and saw a car full of teenagers eating there.
Five of them in a small car.
Anyway, after they finished eating, they drove the car to the bin and put the rubbish in it. Got me thinking. With all the bad publicity over teenagers that is in the media, do you think that they are being judged as being troublemakers when most are in fact, okay?
2007-11-27 05:08:17 · 18 answers · asked by The Patriot 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It's a shame that a small handful of teenagers is how the media and wider society seem to judge all teenagers.
Sadly stereotypes are latched to from all walks of life; be it Daily Mail readers; Hippies; Disabled; Immigrants; footballers; Yahoo Answerers; lefty-woolly Guardian readers; police officers; estate agents; etc, etc
2007-11-27 21:52:32 · answer #1 · answered by Spawnee 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Teenagers. Yet another example of an entire section of society rubbished because of the actions of a small section of them.
Here's a little example. Imagine for a moment that all the teenagers who turn up to school every day, study their brains out and behave well swap places with the little chavs who make everyone else's lives miserable.
The country would be over run with them.
That's the kind of bias we're talking about. Most teenagers are perfectly ok.
It's the little b@stards who screw it up for the rest.
But it's always been that way, and it always will be. It was the same when I was a teenager and it'll be the same when the current crop of teenagers are grandparents.
2007-11-27 13:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by Beastie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was watching the news last night, and the first five stories in a row were about child abuse, murder, arson, another murder, and a trial for murder. I came to the conclusion (rather late in my life) that the media doesn't care about good deeds, only those that will attract the most attention. How many articles and clips do we read and watch that talk about teenagers volunteering or doing "good deeds"? Very little compared to the ones talking about drugs, sex, and any other illegal and disrespectful act.
I would enjoy the news and papers more if there were more reports about doing good. Maybe if we started recognizing the good in people, more would want to help.
2007-11-27 13:33:08 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad things always get in the news more than positive things and this includes the behaviour of teenagers. We are very hard on young people in this country and although there is certainly a place for discipline and the promotion of positive behaviour, we must not demonise our young people.
There are many teenagers who work hard, do some excellent things in their lives and are excellent citizens. There are those that are the opposite. What we must not, however, forget is that most young people are somewhere in the middle of these two things. During our youth we all make mistakes, some bigger than others. It is better than we make these mistakes and learn from them whilst young than continue making them as an adult.
2007-11-27 14:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by nic_ess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but to quote My Chemical Romance, some of them "scare the living sh*t outta me".
Especially the ones who like hanging round in our street outside our house on a Saturday night when my other half is at work.
There are some nice teenagers as well. My little sis in law is 15 and she's a smashing kid.
2007-11-27 14:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As in most cases, it only takes one bad egg to ruin the whole batch.
A lot of the college students here in Burton Upon Trent hang around spitting all over the floor, chucking litter everywhere and using foul language really loud in the streets. Some of them even vandalised the war memorial once.
The bad ones give the rest of them a bad name.
2007-11-27 13:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Vivi 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I know what you mean, lots of teenagers work in charity shops for nothing and you don't see the Daily Mail go. Teenager sells ten thousand pounds work of goods in a year for charity do you.
2007-11-28 14:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by BUST TO UTOPIA 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those that are disliked were not raised in a strict and proper family setting, and there is those that have listened and is full of respect for elders, property, and etc....and was raised in a structured atmosphere. Then you have those sneaky ones that even if they were brought up that right way, they lack respect for others and property....... go think!
2007-11-27 13:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the life story of teenagers since Elevis!
2007-11-27 13:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's only the minority bad ones who make the headlines, most teenagers are normal well adjusted human beings.
2007-11-27 13:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋