Teenagers

[Chu]

Yeah, I'm a teenager, I know.

But I also know that I can be extremely annoying sometimes.

I know Mido has a lot of adults, and I just wanted to ask: How do you even deal with teenagers?

We're emotional and can't stop thinking about love or whoever our fickle hearts are set on at the moment.

We think we're deep and intellectual. All of those love and depressed quotes that I see on the myspace profiles are... annoying at the least.

And, we think we're unique and beautiful and amazing and better than everyone else. Obviously, none of us are that special.

o-0 Our minds are completely clouded by the sheltered lives we've grown up in, and our emotions that want us to live in those overly-romanticized worlds.

In other words: We basically have no rationality. Everything we do is either a means of getting attention or to prove ourselves better than everyone else. Does this drive anyone else insane, or am I just overly critical of teenagers?

[kerryfox]

Just being recently out of my teen years I would have to agree with you that they can be horribly annoying. As for dealing with them it depends if they are being completely horrible(IE teenage fan girls @.@ ) or just silly kids. I can handle if they are just being silly but the ones that toss them selves out there and are over the top look at me drive me crazy.
I have been known to use a rather sharp few words with them either telling them to get lost or just to get a grip if they really push it with me.(we have camps of teens in this summer so that is who most of this is referenced off)

Too in my good ol' belief that some day all of what ever they are are up is going to hand the bill back in their thirties mentality allows me to just ignore them. It is more the ones that never figure it out and continue to be shallow when they should have grown up that really piss me off.

[Chu]

I could never work at a camp. D: Not only that, but it would be too loud for me.

You see, I know most people ignore how stupid we act, but I don't understand HOW. And holding in that aggression is just plain unhealthy.

What's sad is that I want to teach in the future too, as well as counsel families. Dealing with teenagers all the time and having to look past their loud and obnoxious shells like that isn't too bad, but doing it every day could get annoying for sure.

[Vickicat]

I don't think I was too terrible as a teenager. I know I did and said some stupid things, but not nearly to the extent of some others that I see. I'm twenty two now, and now being out of my teens, I sometimes do see some teens online and such who act terribly annoying. I hate all the little stereotypes like "emo" that they all try to be. It really is all about attention. At least they aren't all like this. Some of my younger friends are still teens (though they are like eighteen now) and they aren't too annoying to me. XD And I do see mature people on forums too so I don't classify all teenagers to be stupid and annoying. Besides we've all been one even if we aren't anymore. And I am actually glad that my boyfriend's brother is a teen now because when he was younger he was the most annoying child. DX Since he turned maybe twelve or thirteen, he's been tolerable. I can even talk to him and play online games with him, and he acts pretty decent towards me. Whereas before when he was younger he used to be rude and would disrupt phone conversations with my boyfriend and just do stupid things. So it's a bit of a relief. XD

[Vidd187]

I haven't had to deal with teens since I was one. Wich was only four years ago. At that time I wasn't much of one so Im not sure how I delt with them.

[Urboros]

Chu, I think you might be a bit wrong, adults are emotional too, its just that we've finally gain control over ourselves, well most of us have <.<

I deal just fine with them, I don't respond to the garbled/inane things they do. But again, when I was a teenager I didn't understand the other teenagers why would someone risk their life to be cool? <.<;;;

I still pretty much look like a high schooler, so adults get on my case a lot, for wearing budwiser hats, being in bars, even amusement parks I get lectured by 'adults'...

had one ask me after verbally dressing me down for wearing a corona t-shirt (apparently in some states, minors wearing beer names is illegal) how high school was and that I shouldn't risk my high school career to be 'cool'.
"but sir I'm a senior in college! D:"

eh, no one is perfect, and everyone is trying to find their happy spot.

[WhiteRiver]

The teenage years aren't so bad.. I think for most people they're incredibly painful because of all the emotions and the hormones. It's also a time of change and uncertainty because you don't know where you're heading and what you're going to do after school..

All the same, it's when you discover yourself, and it's when you become an adult inside but without all the complications, without the regrets and the mess..

So yes, it's a wonderful time, but I wouldn't do it over again

[Justeau]

me, being a teenager herself. doesn;t really like the fact that im a teen, but i suck it up. cause one day, you be an adult. why worry?

[LOL UR FACE]

Yes actually it does drive me insane. lawlz.

I get over it pretty quick though and just ignore it and move on to something I care about.

God forbid I get dragged into it somehow, or it somehow involves me because this involves much annoyed smoking and face2keyboard action. xDD

Putting up with it at work is worse than anywhere.

[Pison]

It doesn't necessarially drive me too insane... I find that most adults tend to be more annoying. Take my old highschool school board for example. Back when I was a teen (I'm 22 now), I was kicked out due to the fact that they found me as a threat. The reason behind this was because someone was talking about blowing up the school... and I was sitting behind him on the bus. Thus, I was an accomplice. The second reason was my dress code (I always had scraggly hair and wore a blue parka, even in 90 degree weather), and the fact that nobody wanted to speak to me other than the druggies and geeks.

The third was due to a written statement I had to write for them... upon which I got bored and drew balloons. They continued to INSIST upon me that they were in fact BOMBS, not BALLOONS, due to balloons not being able to float that way. I told them that their argument was invalid due to bombs not being able to float, so then they added on that I was a smartass and gave me a year out of school. I dropped out after that.

Second reason I dislike adults more often is due to the fact that most drunks, and those that have insane road rage, are adults. These people are quite possibly more annoying and dangerous than anything in the world (going far above the threat of a nuclear bomb and the Yakuza combined, in my opinion).

The most awesome people in my opinion after this statement is quite easially the old people... they sleep half the time and watch a lot of Matlock. Hell yeah, sign me up!

[SenselessPi]

How do you even deal with teenagers?

I deal with teenagers more or less like children depending on their age. For those 14 and under, I see them as little more than upgraded tweens who worry too much about a future that's still not a thing they should worry about. For those 15 and up, I see them as budding adults that still need a bit more nurturing before they can blossom fully.

For teenagers overall though, I just suggest they stop treating high school like it's everything. I mean really, all those cliques and high school drama...it's not gonna mean a thing when you graduate. Most of the friends and boyfriends/girlfriends you make in high school won't remember you unless there's a reunion coming up. Like my mother told me, all your real lifelong pals come when you're in college and have a better basis for an adult friendship.

In other words: We basically have no rationality. Everything we do is either a means of getting attention or to prove ourselves better than everyone else. Does this drive anyone else insane, or am I just overly critical of teenagers?

It drives me nuts too. Moreso because I was a teenager two years ago. Every time I hear a teenager bemoan her trivial problems at the mall now, I just roll my eyes and think 'Honey, wait til the real world slaps you in the face.'

[sychobunny]

XD Pison: you're take is probably closest to mine.

I find adults to be quite demeaning (I'm 23) to those younger, and I get mad at myself when I notice I'm doing it.

Also, when I look at teens, and children I think back to being that age, and some of the really stupid shit they do, I totally would have done or at least accepted my peers doing. Not always, but there's idiots in every age bracket. I think having gone through it makes it harder to judge others too harshly.

<.< and I avoid functions where I know I'll be surrounded by annoying people such as midnight showings and such. I still go to concerts but I need to be more choosey. I can still pass for 16, but I don't know for how much longer. Stupid me and my juvenile tastes in entertainment!

[Raezarin]

I am technically a teenager. Technically.
I am usually anti-social and slightly socially awkward, and I try not to be annoying. I like forums because its easy to say what you want to say instead of messing up, writing in general is one of my favorite means of communication . This is one of that factors that is probably saving me from the worst of teenagerhood.
Yes, the idiots are everywhere, and with teenagers you add in the factor that you have a bunch of kids who've discovered a whole new part of life. Some go girl/boy crazy, some do stupid stuff, and some take cover and march grimly towards adulthood.
There are cliques, there is popularity crap and high school drama. I'm actually dealing with a small piece of drama (a friend of mine discovered psychoanalysis. Joy.), and I find it to be ridiculous and tiring. My hope was to get away from it during summer before going back and bracing myself for when my friends start having relationships.
Teenagers don't drive me insane for the simple fact that I am extremely tolerant . I deal by being civil to most people, avoiding the annoying ones, and talking to those who are worth talking to.

[MelancholyMelody~]

[Chu]

I've been reading all the posts in here, by the way. ;3

I've been told that I grew up too fast too. I've been taking care of my brother and sister for years, and my family never really tried to hide things like drug/alcohol usage, rape, or death from me, so while kids got the innocent censored explanations of things, I got the full story and saw some things for myself. I guess that's why I have anxiety these days, and why I'm so against substance abuse and usage.

I think I'm pretty balanced though. :3 While I tend to be pretty high strung and anxious, I'm also really young at heart. I still love the things I grew up with like Disney movies and my Super Nintendo video games and could never let them go or forget about them. They help me stay afloat, and I've become far to dependant on them now.

However, as far as I know, I don't have anything medically wrong with me. As I've stated I think I have anxiety problems, so I have small panic attacks sometimes in public places. That definitely made me put up a shell around others. However, I do really well over the internet, and through that I've become a bit more social in real life. :] I think that most of that closed-off trait was simply a stage though. Every teenager goes through that, I believe. Oh, but when I was a kid I was a lot more emotional. Probably because I couldn't control my emotions as well as I can now though.