Teenagers don't like to think...

There's a rare kid in a group of many that actually does something productive for his/her life. And I'm talking about doing something productive not for money. That is truly a rare thing to come across these days. Teenagers are the future, right? In only a few years, these kids will be serving the food at Burger King, getting into politics, joining the Peace Corps, starting a business, going to jail. Basically, everyone will end up doing something. But what about now? What are we thinking now?

Huh. We're not. Not a huge revelation, as all adults are pretty aware of this right now. Not that all adults are amazing thinkers; I mean, we're human, we're lazy. It's a fact of life. I think teenagers are the age group that do the less thinking. What do we do instead? Texting, TV, internet surfing, sports, iPods that make it easier to ignore the world, talking on the phone, partying...there's a longer list that could go on, but we know all these things require no [intelligent] thought. How many teens (or kids) out there read for the hell of it? How many sit and ponder about life, the universe, and everything? (Huh, more Hitchhiker's Galaxy references. Maybe you should look it up.) How many of them try to learn a new word each day, or attempt to learn more about what they were taught in school. (more on school eventually, it's a pretty big topic). Obviously, I can't be included in this factor of teens/kids, since I'm here, ranting about my thoughts to whoever is reading this.

Point is, we don't like to think because life is so complicated that if we attempt to break the code, our brains start to ache. Yep. I would know, I've tried. It's just too hard. And with all the distractions for kids and teens today, why would they even bother to try? (I'm just weird that way.)

I really can't think of a solution to this problem with humanity. Getting rid of technology? Nope. Making learning fun? An age-old problem for teachers that is yet to be solved. Global warming? Oh right, nothing to do with that.

Argh, too much thinking. My head hurts. I'm done for today, before my brain implodes.

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