Debate Thread

[CarnivorousJelly]

Teenager (me, techincally) on Adults

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Because I have a couple part-time jobs where I teach adults, I've started seeing them as equals. That might be because I have that "I'm 18 and thus an adult" mentality, but I don't know. Other than that, I feel like a lot of people who are older than me just expect to be respected even if they don't respect anyone. It's honestly one of the worst things I have ever had to deal with. Not saying I (or anyone) has a right to be disrespectful, just that they have to earn my respect now more frequently. I used to just automatically respect adults but... meh. I guess adults appear more as individuals now as opposed to the cookie-cutter ideal I used to have :)

Me as a Teen

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Probably more than any of you need to know:

13 - I had a reputation of being an "angel", never got mad at anyone outside my immediate family, I was essentially a human stepping stone, I was also really obnoxious and thought I wasn't as irritating as other teens from about 13-15, then got smacked by one of my friends for being an idiot

14 - Snapped at the beginning of the school year... By snapped, I mean I yelled "stop it" and started crying because some kid took my essay and started reading it out infront of the class (I had gotten 80% which was a horrible mark in my mind), still lost that reputation because of it :c spent the rest of the year trying to regain the reputation (hahaha not a chance)

15 - two words: externally emo

16 - "Girly", shy, anxiety got worse in general, internally "emo", externally "normal"

17 - socially reserved, resorted to online games, stopped doing things I liked

18 - Yoga, reconnecting with friends, standing up for myself (finally), working my butt off, trying to be less socially awkward, getting 90s marks again (hallelujah)