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“Gen Z will change the world”
we literally just don’t give a fuck
Baby Boomers And Gen Xs Vs. Gen Zs
Baby Boomers and Gen Xs about Gen Zs: They're too young to decide for themselves. They're too young to know what they want to be. They're too young to have any understanding of the world. They're too young to know what they like. They're too young to know about their family's financial status. They're too young to know their gender, they're too young to know their sexuality. They're too young to do anything but study. Also Baby Boomers and Gen Xs about Gen Zs: They aren't too young to be told that they aren't good enough. They aren't too young to be told that whatever or whoever they like is just a phase. They aren't too young to be called lazy for "not studying enough". They aren't too young to have their mental health issues such as depression and anxiety belittled. They aren't too young to be taught that school and grades come before their health, both physical and mental.
Me: The school system is terrible, and not an effective way of teaching students, and to back up my statement here are personal accounts from me and other people I know/have seen on social media, as well as statistics proving my point.
My mom: you know why your generation hates school so much? It's because yall spend too much of your time on phones l, and not learning how to cope with things.
-An average highschool student today has the same stress levels as patients in a mental hospital in the 1950s.
-I have a friend who's biggest fear is a school shooting, one time we had to stay in lockdown for the entire day because someone threatened to shoot up our school. She couldn't sleep or complete any schoolwork for the next few days.
-I almost skipped dinner one night so I could work on a project
These are just a few things, but the list could go on forever. These issues are not caused by our "obsession" with technology. Maybe our lack of coping abilities comes from the fact that anytime we talk about a legitimate issue to an adult, it's always made out to be our fault, to the point where we learn not to trust anyone but ourselves, lest they judge us for being human. Maybe the fact that we have such high anxiety and depression stems from the fact that nothing we did was ever good enough, we were always lazy, or entitled, technology obsessed. I am sick and tired of being treated as a second class citizen because older generations dont want to admit that they are making mistakes, I mean it effects us so why shouldn't it be our fault too. Why dont we just disregard the facts that the people in charge of educational laws havent been in a classroom in probably 30 years. I am sick and tired of being told that I am never enough, that it's my fault the world is messed, and that the world will be worse in our hands. And hey maybe we won't make the world a better place, but it won't be because we didnt want to, it will be because you didnt let us believe that we ever could.
