[Stacey]

At 27 I don’t exactly qualify as the type of older person I think you are refering to, but I feel that I am qualified to answer. I spent six years working on a college campus after graduating from that same college. I noticed a marked difference in the overall quality of people who were going through the school. To give you a very real example, as a student I worked in an office that managed many offices staffed by students. After graduating, I worked in that same office. As the years went by, there was a very marked difference in the work ethic. There was a decline in how reliable the students were and how responsible they proved themselves to be. The actual number (not percentage) of ‘good eggs’ dropped remarkably, despite the number of hired students increasing. This bothers me and lends to my ‘bad opinion’ of teens.

Further, there is definitely a different attitude among teens/young adults than 10 years ago, when I was one. I was no peach myself, but seeing the amount of rebellion and disregard for others that is so prevalent throughout this age group is shocking. There are plenty of teens I have a good opinion of, but the majority of these teens have been raised by parents who follow Biblical principles. I know a lot of generations say things about the ones following them, like ‘we were never like that.’ I guess each generation has its own negative image, but it seems that with each passing year the negatives become larger than the positives. If I were to add 40 years to my age, I imagine I would be horrified by what I see teenagers doing, from acting like their own parents to smoking at the age of 14.

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Name : Stacey, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 28, City : Boston, State : MA, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,