HS students like to learn and think and grow, more than anything. The trouble is that the ecomony of memes promulgated by the media magnates has captured their brains with movies, video games, and entrancing images everywhere of satuff they need to buy.
Many of them feel like failures because they can't possibly measure up to the images presented to them at every turn. And adults manipulate them with fear and half-truths to ensure a market for their memes.
But look at those who have learned to think and act for themselves. They work hard in school. They do fall in love with each other and have sex. They do try substances and other kinds of thrill seeking. Eventually, most of them survive these perils just fine, and they simply want to get on with their lives and be respected, not treated like children by the adults around them.
Like children have for thousands of years, young people want to learn and explore the world around them without being exploited by the adults.
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HS students like to learn and think and grow, more than anything. The trouble is that the ecomony of memes promulgated by the media magnates has captured their brains with movies, video games, and entrancing images everywhere of satuff they need to buy.
Many of them feel like failures because they can't possibly measure up to the images presented to them at every turn. And adults manipulate them with fear and half-truths to ensure a market for their memes.
But look at those who have learned to think and act for themselves. They work hard in school. They do fall in love with each other and have sex. They do try substances and other kinds of thrill seeking. Eventually, most of them survive these perils just fine, and they simply want to get on with their lives and be respected, not treated like children by the adults around them.
Like children have for thousands of years, young people want to learn and explore the world around them without being exploited by the adults.