cool..or cold?

went to this "cool" new school yesterday where i came across a bunch of teenagers who kinda drove me crazy!...no they didnt do or say anything to me, just observing them for a mere half hr made me realise that either i was too old or that kids today r way too grown up for their age....

u wont believe the things i saw n heard...not only were they dressed to 'kill' (well, their shopping bills r surely to kill their parents!), they spoke n gestured in really strange ways. i always thot i had gone to a pretty cool school....in my school guys n gals often made out under the stage or in deserted classrooms....n that i thot was WOW! but that was till yesterday!

this bunch of teenagers that i happened to see were hardly 15 or 16 yrs old. yet they spoke abt alcohol, sex, used the four letter word at will n showed no respect or concern for the teachers around. i remember wen we were kids anything to even remotely do with sex meant helpless bouts of laughter n sampling alcohol was probably the greatest adventure! (ok...mayb we werent the COOLEST!!). but i guess we had the innocence that these kids gravely lacked.

am not judging anyone or saying wats bad n wats good....but i do, on some level, feel bad for these kids. childhood is suppossed to be a time wen u dont have to worry abt anything. as a grown up i do realise now that there are jus way too many problems that i hav to deal with n these werent there wen i was a teenager...i feel bad that the kids of today r exposed to these problems n worries so much before they shud hav. mayb ours was the last generation that actually went out at 4pm everyday n played hopping catching n lock & key with friends. it sad enuf that kids dont do that anymore...n its really sad how fast they're growing up. or it may just be that i'm getting old n really really "uncool"! but frankly, even if thats the case, i dont mind...i atleast was a kid for long!