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In the early 1990’s a group by the name of Kriss Kross hit the scene. This group was comprised of two young men who became famous for their hit single “jump” and wearing their clothes backwards. In society we have become so bent on being rebellious that we have become somewhat “backwards.” Only a few people joined the clothing fad in the 90's but today, many teens have adopted the mentality behind it. Our clothes might not be backwards, but we are.

There have always been rebellious people in the world. People like Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Nate Turner are remembered in history for rebelling. This great country we live in was a flower that bloomed from rebellion. But adults don’t rebel nearly as much as teens. It is like teenagers have a mechanism wired to their brains that tells them to do the exact opposite of what they are instructed to do. Prime example teenagers of the 1960’s experimented with drugs, guns, pre-marital sex, and protest; but most of those same rebellious young people who were soon evolved into up-standing member of society. They began to work white collar jobs and helped to push society forward.

We, now have that same problem in society. Teenagers have become excessively rebellious. It seems that in society there has been a complete reversal of morals. Things that were once thought as good have now become bad; and bad things now have become good. Some teenage guys now see it as standard to sag and wear grills and chains. And when they see a person dressed with a tie and/or a blazer on they think they’re a preacher. That’s completely different from generations before. In the 1960’s and 70’s they wore their pants on their waist and most of them wore ties or dressed at least with a respect not only for themselves but for others. Because I doubt that any of the adults or people around you wants to see your boxers. Teenage girls have their problems, too. They wear tight and revealing clothes and when a guy looks they get mad. That’s like me walking around in a police uniform and getting mad when someone comes and asked me for help.

Teenagers have also forgotten how to speak to people. Proper language is frowned upon; slang (especially offensive slang) is glorified. Some teenage guys talk to girls with absolutely no respect for them. They show no respect when addressing them or talking about them. But young ladies promote this by referring to each other as “hoes, B’s, etc.” It seems as though people now have forgotten about the golden rule that was preached to us as children,” treat others as you want to be treated.”

It also seems that chivalry is really dead, you don’t see young men opening doors for young ladies anymore, and you don’t see young men treating young ladies as young ladies. It has gotten to the point that you have to listen pretty hard to hear “yes sir, no sir & yes ma’am no ma’am.”

Teenagers these days have an unequivocal lack of apathy. Now-a-days important knowledge is frowned upon and trivial knowledge is exalted. All the youth cares about now is what Lil Wayne said on his new song. Another thing that’s backward is the fact that the youth knows what type of Jordans another person has on but when you ask them who their state senator is….they go blank. Why is it cooler to know about pair of shoes or a song that doesn’t affect you directly or indirectly; than to know the person who is conveying your beliefs to the national government?

I’m not going to stand here and portray myself as the anti-teen. I have my faults too. My apathy level is not where it should be, I love rap music, and I have my own view on reality. But if its’ true that history repeats itself maybe my generation is like the 1970’s and maybe we will change and become upstanding citizens of the society. So to all the youth in this room, WE have the power to change the ills of society. We are capable of change but in order to cause change we have to be changed. Just think about it most of us are in our last years of high school and soon we will go off and have our own families. My question for you is this: What are you leaving for your children? Grandchildren? A wise man once said, “Things never stay the same they either get worse or they get better.” I for one want to leave the latter.