I truly hate to diss my own generation. It sucks. But sometimes its called for. Baggy jeans were adopted as a trend by the males of my generation. Btw, this trend actually started in prison. This is a "bitches" sex style. Hahahaha. Anyway. My generation is obsessed with video games, fast food, and has the highest percentage of sexually active teens ever. However, there is some good news too. Those violent video games that are making us all believe violence is an okay way to deal with a situation? My parents generation has a much higher percentage of violent teen crimes. Those sexually active teens? Yeah, we also have a lower percentage of rapes committed by teens, and the highest rate of girls reporting sexually abuse ever. Those horrible rap songs that are teaching us to be "gangsta" and kill people? Well, all hip-hop has done to my generation is make boys wearing pants that show they wanna have butt sex. So not all great, but not violent.
I'm talking up my generation a lot. Its sort of easy. We are working harder than any other generation to solve the problems our parent's generation created, and also are fighting harder to erase intolerance and stereotypes that have been around much longer than we have. Also, its not like adults are helping our mission much. Intolerance is being taught everyday, almost as much as tolerance. Politicians are setting horrible examples, and actually stopping progress in our advancement forward in life. How? Lets talk public school in the USA.
Right now, teachers are getting laid off everyday. Art and sport programs are being cut right and left, and for the first time in USA history, kids today are actually getting a worse education than their parents. We are literally going backwards. Why? Why is education getting some of the worst budget cuts? Shouldn't it be cut last? After all, these kids getting shitty educations now will one day be running the country. I know people like Sarah Palin, but do we want all of our future leaders to be like her? And I know that the politicians who decide on the budget cuts won't be around by then, so it doesn't matter to them, but what about me and all the other people who were forced into this era of idiots? We're getting screwed over for your mistakes? Yeah. That sounds fair.
In my opinion, teachers and schools should get budgets cut last. And only in a state of emergency. Like, if Hitler rises from the grave and he marches with hordes of zombies to kill us all, and so we have to go to war, than take money from schools to fight him. But I digress. Right now, there is a fast way to make money. Make dealing pot and other more minor drugs not such a big deal. Keeping a dumb-ass kid in prison for selling costs a lot of money out of the taxpayers pocket, and most of the people paying really don't give a shit if dumb-ass is dealing. If instead of costly prison time they have to pay a fine, or do community service, it will help the state more, by a lot. Not only has the state had to fire the people cleaning highways to cut costs, so theres community service there, but also it will bring down the prison budget, therefore allowing more money for schools. I won't dare suggest we reduce the military budget, or even better, stop starting expensive wars that are really none of our business to begin with, but really? War is expensive. Why would we do that? We have common sense. Right, ex President Bush who started a very very costly war on a rumor that turned out not to be true and made us enemies with many countries? We know better.
-teenageliberal
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