-School related title-

The poisonous being of school is masked behind the concept that as teenagers we are moody and dislike anything we're meant to actually be grateful for. This idea that teenagers never get along with parents or teachers and are rebellious human beings, purposely throwing away the things that will help them in life has become such a massive myth that it is no longer seen as one.

You see one youth acting a little wild and in an instant at least five adults which are in a metre radius of this teen will mutter and tsk "teenagers" rolling their eyes as if this one bad person can personify every teenager to ever walk on the earth. In my opinion the government do this on purpose. Many people believe that indoctrination only occurred in Germany from 1929-1939 under Hitler's rule, with students being given questions which subtly hinted the evilness behind Jewish people, or how great Germany is. With women being told that if they have over 4 children they will get a medal (they actually did) and that their goods would be cheaper. But if I'm entirely honest indoctrination is still at work today- but now it's the opposite. Instead of feeding teenagers and children lies about other religious groups and races it's the government feeding lies and making biased newspaper articles presenting teenagers as a rowdy, ungrateful bunch, eliminating our voices and opinions- ruling it off with a simple "Oh you're just stirring trouble." or "What do you know- you're only a teenager- go back to swearing and watching porn."

Now you may be thinking what does this have to do with school?

Well now that this misconception is drilled into peoples brains, genuine complaints about schools is classed off as a 'teenager thing' rather than realising that actually the amount of stress this person is under isn't good for them or this school isn't properly catering to their needs.

I now have 6 weeks left until my first examination- Religious Studies. And the fact is I'm not really stressed. I'm telling myself that stress is unnecessary and instead of worrying about exams I should just revise- but schools put this pressure on you that makes you stress regardless. My Biology teacher has ridiculed us countless times on why we're not stressing as if this is a natural state in the human mind when really it shouldn't be. I shouldn't feel that I need to be stressed- Me not being stressed isn't a sign of arrogance it's me trying to suppress the emotions which will only make my life harder.

Other than that so many teachers are expecting us to decide and know instantly our career paths as if we don't have too much on our hands already. Schools are becoming increasingly harder to survive in and this ridiculous  ideology that teenagers just hate school because they're rebels is stopping us from attempting to decrease the amount of stress and depression these excuses for prison-like buildings hold. I understand and completely acknowledge that this little post of mine will not lead onto some teenage revolution and schools will not improve in a flash.

I neither am naive nor optimistic- I am fully aware only up to 5 people will actually gaze upon these very words not including myself. But if there is one thing I hope to bring out of this little ramble of mine is please, when you reach a certain age or stage of your life where you class yourself as an adult- remember the hardships you had to go through as a teenager and please let us not repeat these ridiculous ideas again to the next generation. If there's one thing we should collectively do- it is not let others fall into this cage of stress as we have been forced into.

-Minoo