098: what's cooler than being cool?
Dana is spazzy and happy and... feeling so very, very grateful for having such wonderful and amazing friends. No, really. Everyone I know is a sweetheart and a dear and I couldn't ask for better people to have gotten to know over this time. I know that I sometimes bog down my f-list with angst and what-not, but it always goes away so quickly because.... I have these beautiful, helpful, and considerate people at my side to lift me right back out of my emotional dump.
... but then I got to thinking. And then I realized that I still haven't come up with my own speech. Last time my topic was America needs to be less realistic, seeing as I completely believe that kids are being shot down too early with their dreams these days. But now? I'm starting to think... People should be less harsh on those of younger ages. I don't even mean it in the whole "Don't generalize" sort of thing. It's pretty obvious that each person is different and you're going to find a few kids more mature than others.
I mean more to the fact that people think that kids are "hormonal, emotional, and impulsive" ... and that's all there is to them. I'm not going to lie, teenagers are insanely hormonal (considering that time in their lives), emotional (which ties in with the hormones) and impulsive (because we're convinced that we don't have enough time). But... you know, why is it that some people are convinced that's all there is to a teenager? That if you take the steps as prescribed on Dr. Phil or some guide book, then you're all set for dealing with them? All things are felt for a reason and we just act out on our impulses more. Those insanely emotional responses?
They come from those feelings of regret, embarrassment, loneliness- except we're at the age where we still don't know how to deal with them productively. I just... I hate it when all that is seen in a negative light when the matter of fact is that we're just in the roughest part of the learning process. It's tough to think that once you reach the title of 'teenager', you suddenly have a lot more weight on you. It's one thing to realize that you may need to be a bit more careful with your money or take care of your own things... and completely another to realize that when you feel lonely, you can't express it as freely as you could when you were six.
... so I think that's what I'm going to write my speech on. Thoughts?
... but then I got to thinking. And then I realized that I still haven't come up with my own speech. Last time my topic was America needs to be less realistic, seeing as I completely believe that kids are being shot down too early with their dreams these days. But now? I'm starting to think... People should be less harsh on those of younger ages. I don't even mean it in the whole "Don't generalize" sort of thing. It's pretty obvious that each person is different and you're going to find a few kids more mature than others.
I mean more to the fact that people think that kids are "hormonal, emotional, and impulsive" ... and that's all there is to them. I'm not going to lie, teenagers are insanely hormonal (considering that time in their lives), emotional (which ties in with the hormones) and impulsive (because we're convinced that we don't have enough time). But... you know, why is it that some people are convinced that's all there is to a teenager? That if you take the steps as prescribed on Dr. Phil or some guide book, then you're all set for dealing with them? All things are felt for a reason and we just act out on our impulses more. Those insanely emotional responses?
They come from those feelings of regret, embarrassment, loneliness- except we're at the age where we still don't know how to deal with them productively. I just... I hate it when all that is seen in a negative light when the matter of fact is that we're just in the roughest part of the learning process. It's tough to think that once you reach the title of 'teenager', you suddenly have a lot more weight on you. It's one thing to realize that you may need to be a bit more careful with your money or take care of your own things... and completely another to realize that when you feel lonely, you can't express it as freely as you could when you were six.
... so I think that's what I'm going to write my speech on. Thoughts?