I need a reality check, y’all. Help me out.
Is it wrong for me to say I can’t stand kids?
Let me clarify that. I love kids who are all about wanting more than what they have or kids who have goals to be somebody their community can be proud of. Those kids I can’t stand are the ones where they feel like they’re untouchable, the ones who THINK they know everything and don’t want any guidance whatsoever.
I volunteered my time at an institution of higher learning (the place will be left anonymous), and I gave a workshop on resume writing to a group of high school kids. Keep in mind, these kids aren’t dumb, but they are very one-track-minded. If it’s not about Plies or Souljah Boy (two GARBAGE rappers, by the way), then it’s irrelevant to them.
Keep in mind, these kids are 15 and 16 years old — old enough to look for jobs that don’t include the words “You want fries with that?” One of the students actually said she was doing data entry for her uncle’s company. I can dig that. What I despise with every fiber of my being is the kid that doesn’t want to listen, doesn’t care to learn and is downright disrespectful during the lecture, only to ask me if I can help him get a job at the end of the lecture.
Chad Johnson said it best: “Child, please!”
To all those new parents and expecting parents, PLEASE teach your child up. Train your child to be a scholar. Let them know that ignorance not only is intolerable but also the running joke of corporate America. School them on the actual-factuals of being independent AND interdependent. Yes, folks, there’s a difference between those two words.
We hear all the time that the children are our future. If the future’s run by those heathens I worked with, we’re in deep trouble. Real talk.
Tyson Davenport
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