Interesting. The same happens here Celtic.
What annoys me is I guess there is a minority of people such as ourselves who don't really apply as being 'Emo' or 'Gangsta' who are just hard-working decent people who strive to make themselves a better life and we get knocked down because of what others do around us.
Let me give you my example. I'm not saying out of a desire for praise or anything, just I don't see it that happens to a lot of teens. I got my first job during the summer of 2004 - I was 14 years old. I didn't leave school or anything (I used my summer holidays) but I made sure I was earning my keep. I did the same the following year and then when I went to college, I got myself a permanent part-time job which I've now been in for 2 years. I never borrow a penny - anything I want I wait for, do some overtime and get it when I get paid. Now these are not my words, these are other people's: How many kids do you know who do that?
Meanwhile I do 30 hours a week at Uni, 20 at work and I usually do a bit of volunteering too. I don't want any sympathy or anything like that, but why should I be tarred with the same brush as some kid who's had it all, doesn't work and basically does nothing for anything?
If I'm fair, some of the youth that get criticism deserve what we get, but not all of us.
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