The Adults Are Always Right? :: essays research papers

The Adults Are Always Right?     "Clean your room Dont do that Stop watching that stupid telly,dont you have a book to make? 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 like a shot? When Iwas a kid . . ."     Welcome to the lives of almost every stripling in North America. To mostparents, when the supra nomenclature are spoken, they necessitate to see their teen rush atthe opportunity to serve them. The above words mean nearlything to them and theythink it means something to us teens. They dont understand that the words go in through with(predicate) superstar ear and out through the other. Does a Ger slice 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 blab the same language, parents dont understand that we tune out ofE nglish when we want. If we know something is passing game to be asked of us and wedont want to do it, we turn our brains into "Nag Mode." To watch Nag Mode, issimple. Every syllable that comes out of the mouth of an adult is heard as adulteress. For exampleAdults say "clean your room ."Kids hear " peck at 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, self-serving and useless.Some adults quiver when they hear how we will one day run this world. What makesus lazy, the fact that we watch an hour of television after a hard day at school,before feeding dinner and doing our homework? Why are we irresponsible, becausewe dont have time to paseo the dog due to us studying for our upcoming exam?Were selfish because we want peace and quite for when we study? And uselessbecause we cant run each errands for them when were taking that o ne hour out ofour day to relax. They do, do a lot and I respect them and all, but give us somecredit for a change. Is it our fault that almost every house has at least onetelevision bigger than 22" and that basic transmission line 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,