Whats happening to our youth these days?

As a student in a very big school,somewhere 2000 kids all from 10-18 years old,
i can generally see a good summarized picture of the youth now.I usually think about it,about the condition that we are now. And i ask myself, what the hell as happened? When did just being yourself wasent enough. Im not trying to critize them, but i see skaters and emos and rappers and fashions(well thats mostly i european thing of guys dressing up in the latest style and fashion and putting tons of gel in there hair) etc.. And usually theres always hate between each of these groups of people and alot of people are being hurt for trying to fit in these groups. Why dont we all go back to the real thing, everybody just being themself,not trying to follow others. Its actually scary the kind of power these groups have to there "followers". There alot of hate in this world, especially in schools and i honestly believe that why most try to change this. Being a "hippie" is a beatiful thing, the love you find is overwhelming. I just dont understand why people give value to useless stuff(the clothes brands they wear,what group they fit) and just trying to share around there love and peace.
peace out


(im not trying to disrespect the people ithat identify themself in on of the groups and im sorry if some of you are offended)

 

Well it is ok for you to be a hippy, but there is something wrong with being a skater or a prep ? Isnt being a hippy all about accepting others for what they are, no matter if they wear expensive clothes or are emos or whatever. And people do give value to useless stuff (the clothes brands they wear,what group they fit) , and you do too..If you didnt, you wouldnt mind about these groups..

 

I dont mind them,im just saying that they concentrate at stuff that arent important. Never said that there wrong and i really hae no big prob with them.

quote: And people do give value to useless stuff (the clothes brands they wear,what group they fit) , and you do too

how do you know that? I really dont care what i where and i dont care of the group im in. Actually alot of my clothes(especially tshirts) are handmade by myself or my mom. And the group im in,is my friends.We have rockers,we have goths,we have hippies,and we have people who are themselfes in any way possible. Im not judging nobody,they point of this thread is about the hate and ignorance of today time youth. you misunderstanded what i am trying to say peace out

 

i am going to be hippy, i am living in hong kong china, get a revolution,yeah

 

I think it's all the internet overcommunication. We have aim, myspace, facebook, whatever, and there's this overwhelming mentality to be seen as the best to everyone else, even people who you have not the slightest chance of meeting. This lack of face-to-face commmunication is destroying our ability to actually be ourselves. With our internet lifestyles, it's too big of a temptation to be someone else, not who we actually are but who we want to be, and not in an honest way.

It's all about attention mongering.

Looking at me ranting about internet communication on an online forum. Still, I think this is a tad different. And I think the above argument has relevance to your question.

 

i am super fan of grace slick. it is her sound have inspired me to try other ways//

 

these groups of people are generally called "cliques" and they have always been around. best thing is, once you get out of high school, none of that matters one bit. So just hang in there, it gets better.

 

ps......dont worry about what others are doing!!! just look out for #1

 

Thats really not that big..i go to a school of almost 3,000 kids from 10 to 12th grade.
anyway...teenagers focus on whats not important because its the only time in your life when you can.

 

wow thats big, what kind of school is it?

 

he wasn't really criticizing the people in the groups, but the unhealthy characteristics the groups spawn. Hippies don't hate people, but they do dislike bad ideology, that's for sure!

 

I don't necessarily agree with that. Even after high school, I see cliques everywhere. I go to work and everybody is divided. I go to college and cliques still form. You can just go about anywhere and there are cliques. I don't think being in a "clique" is a bad thing, because I think just about everybody is in some sort of clique, but I think you can miss out on a lot of cool people if you only associate yourself with a certain type of people. Now I don't think being hippie or prep or emo is better than another. People can be who they want to be, and as long as they aren't hurting anybody, they are alright by me.

 

i know where your coming from. i see the same thing. i mean... i ahev no problem with people being sakters/emos etc if the want to be. but where is the peace?!
the groups are at constant war criticising eachother. it makes me feel really sad that some people can be so horrible. but i suppose thats just the way life has turned out for us youth. theres nothing you can do except treat others the wan youd like to be treated. and hey, it might even catch on.
peace and love

 

I hate to point out the obvious, but is this not like the pot calling the kettle black?

 

The way I see it, we can't go "back" to the real thing because materialism and hate have always been around. You might say that the '60s was a time of "being yourself", but the hippies were only a small fraction of the population in that decade.

I do agree that there is a judgemental atmosphere among the youth of today. My explanation would be that the ideologies of our capitalist, individualistic culture advocate cutthroat, heartless competition and personal gain, leaving behind ideals like compassion and altruism. This doctrine would have to have a tremendous influence on the young people of America. It's hard to care about love and peace when a survival-of-the-fittest mindset is being drilled into your head, when you're told that you should strive for success no matter what the cost.

 

Same as it ever was.

 

Human survival has become too easy. We're at the top of the food chain. I think that somehow the human race has become bored, and so all these little social clicks form, and people judge and scrutinize each other based on the little things that shouldn't matter.

Modern conveniences have made things too easy as well. Take a look at how many people have computers and cell phones. Fifty years ago, computers were room-sized things that were rarely found anywhere, and cell phones didn't exist. People lived without them. Today there are so many things that make our lives easier. It seems that we're creating generations of "spoiled brats". (Not all kids are like that, but the opportunity to be that way is a lot more prevalent now.)

 

The lifestyle of individualism is in my opinion a good way of life. During human history this individualism presents something new. In earlier times people had no chance to live in such a way. There was only one doctrine which people followed.

Some things are like the materialism. Others are more communal, anarchistic or like temporary autonomous zones. but there has no way the right to say that one way is the only way and the best.

It's right that between the different lifestyles lives a conflict. The question is, what connects the different groups. There is still a connection like Ganja, liberty rights, against bush, against war, against crimes. the expression for such things needs to be different. The connections unites the different cultures.

kids are not only fighting attention. they feel that they are gettin stronger. They feel something of right and wrong. When they visit school they dont only stay with demands of adults, public opinion, religion, and politics. They are beginning to create a personal way of living in a society which often shows her cold heart to them. The youth is the own time with friendships to others they meet every day. This is a universal appearance during the lifetime because in later times they loose such friends and get new ones in college or at the job. What do such friends present in a bureau or at mcdonalds. it happens that only the job is shared...

 

3,000 kids in a HS? There were about 600 in mine.

 

being a hippy is about accepting other people the way they are. this dude only says he feels like people try to be something they are not (skater emo, rapper) and that it makes them hurt themselves. I think I understand what he tries to say and it is true. a lot of people try to be something they are not and hurt themselves. not only highschool kids, adults as well.