Disrespect

In my college today, I was listening to some of the conversations going on in my class. I am so sick of kids being disrespectful to teachers or others. I am sure that none of you want to hear a rant, but here it goes.

Today with our teenagers or kids, we have way too many of them that are completely rude and disrespectful. So many of them think that they are the ones who know everything , want to let you know that you’re not “their momma” and that you can’t tell them what to do, but they just do not understand that many adults are trying to help them . Many of them are older, wiser, and know what you are about to get yourself into. I have seen kid after kid smart off to a teacher, cuss, or whatever they decide to do disrespectfully, and teachers just let it go because they don’t even want to mess with the child at all. I have seen many great teachers tell me that the reason their retiring is because they can’t handle this generation anymore.

By no means am I saying that I do not mess up. I have given a teacher my oh so great opinion once or twice, but I have never been so rude as to tell them what I am and am not going to do. I just think that children need a serious shift. They need to know that their elders are always treated with respect, whether their right or wrong. It’s about treating them with respect if you want to give an opinion, not telling them your opinion. I just wish some children would see how disrespectful they were being. Some don’t even realize that their doing it because they have been accustomed to it for so long or they just don’t care.

This is seriously scattered brain, but final statement. Children need to know that their kids and the adults are the adults. Treat everybody with respect, no matter what.