Question for Graalians Teens
 

This is focussed on younger people specifically (middle school to highschool senior). What would you say is the biggest problem people in your generation face today? Looking for something that is more like an epidemic, that could become a widespread problem within the next 5-10 years if something isn't done.

This can really be anything, poor public education, suicide, discrimination, drug abuse.

Man, just like, the government, y'know..

Question for Graalians Teens
 

Climate change, or "global warming" in my opinion.

People aren't taking the steps needed to at least slow down the effects. While this is more long term, effects are definitely seen today. Among suffering plant and animal species, some land is being lost due to rising sea levels. Some places in the future could be uninhabitable due to the rising temperatures, even some cities in the next 10 or so years. But those numbers are definitely not able to be predicted 100%.

https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

https://www.google.com/amp/miami.cbs...r-by-2025/amp/

Money

Depression

baby boomers not retiring when they should so we can get jobs

self righteousness

money and mental health

Probably the high education standards in some places (regarding High School) . My grandfather who was a chemist but is now retired said that back in his day half the stuff we learned now was taught in college. Even another teacher from a different difficulty level said said that whenever she walked in to some of our tests it would give her second hand stress (lol)

self-unawareness because of lack of time for oneself
anger-management
unhealthy food

there would be no problems in the world if this worked out

drug abuse, specifically heroin

Michelle Obama ****ing ruined my lunches in high school.

BAKED DORITOS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS REGULAR DORITOS
and don't even get me started on the cookies

I'd say poor public education but that's more of a regional issue.

The public education in suburban areas is drastically different(better) than public education in inner-cities.

But other than that I'd have to agree with Clown.

People are ****ing spoiled as **** nowadays.

Lol they straight up stop selling baked Doritos in my HS, SMFH.

The housing crisis and climate change.

climate change = extinction of bees = death to all life on this planet

I already graduated, but I'll answer the question anyway.

In my opinion, we're becoming far less sociable as a society. Everyone's on their phones and embracing a culture where we talk to each other more online than in real life.

I hope that changes in the future.

Nutrition is a huge problem. Nobody talks to us in school about what's okay to put in your body and what isn't. You have girls eating two bags of hot cheetos for breakfast, literally on a weekly basis.

ITT graalian adults posting on behalf of graalian teens

Education :/

My little sister is a 10th grader in high school and she's in the top 10% but when I asked her a multiplication problem she can't even answer it right :/

So like wtf are her math teacher's teaching her!?

I think we can all agree the number one problem with kids nowadays is this.

I have to agree with you,I never felt as if I learnt anything useful in highschool
Most of it I either already know or don't need it (for example learning the engineering process in tundra territories such as yukon)

School in my opinion should be giving teens practical information (cooking,paying taxes ect.) regardless of ones path in the future.

They probably know it's bad just don't care, and there are courses that cater to health and nutrition if people choose to take them.

All of those are easy to learn on your own, teens (especially 17+) should be taking responsibility and teaching them selves these things instead of complaining it's not taught in high school (which it is if you choose to take those courses).

Also, for Canada, when tax forms are sent out it includes a booklet that fully details what to do and explains it all not sure what U.S is like.

Probably the biggest problem is teenagers expecting their hand to be held all through life and a lot of them lack initiative, high school was also relatively easy (in Canada at least) to where people who barely attend are given free passes and graduated without learning anything.

Yea, people know what's unhealthy. Nobody eats a bag of cheetos thinking they're eating healthy. They make their choice to eat what they wish.

Cooking, doing taxes, etc. are things parents should be teaching their kids. But yea, I actually took 2 classes that taught me how to cook (I suck at it) and how to do taxes. Both were a waste of my time and just easy A classes.

U.S. taxes are pretty easy for young people. If you're wealthy and invest your money in stocks and other options, then taxes can be pretty difficult. Even then, there's apps that help with taxes for a really cheap price.

The issue I have with public education is that Elementary school is giving you the basic tools you need in life for any field you go into. Elementary teaches you all you need to know in your K-12 education experience. Jr. High for me was just a jab at making everyone take tons of electives like music, woodshop, etc. High school is just 4 years of Jeopardy trivia being taught to people. Hardly anything in high school is valuable in my opinion. I memorized things, not learned them. High school should focus a lot more on narrowing people's fields down. It's supposed to prepare you for college but it doesn't at all. They should have special fields that people can choose to go into, and decrease the number of general requirements so you're not taking science, math, history, english, etc. for every field.

Rap music turned my generation into a bunch of ghetto ass ******s who thinks everything thats not in their favor is sexist or racist.

oh dont get me started..

That's not really a problem for teens though? You shouldn't need job before HS graduation, and if you did is it really going to be taken by 50 - 60 year olds?

Again, not really what I'm looking for since teenagers are not buying houses.

Kinda interested in this.

1. Getting mixed responses on education, which kinda goes along with the regional thing. But what would you say is generally awful about it?

2. What effect is this self righteousness having?

Could anyone elaborate more on how big of a problem this is in schools? In my career field (not just younger people/teens) suicide and mental health is a massive issue, and I know people who have been effected by it first hand.

I figure this is probably one of the answers I'm looking for so would like to get more info on it.

Also interested in this, do they still teach the food pyramid or some other similar abomination? Also is that a problem of not having the recourses available to know what is healthy, not having the recourses to eat healthy, or lack of interest to be healthy?

gonna take a shot in the dark and say drugs are a lot more common in high schools today than 15 years ago

Well two things in particular strike me as the main problem with public education.

1. The kids. Travel to the inner cities and the kids there are ****ed up. Why they're like that is another topic for another day but just know if the kids aren't willing to accept education then what the **** is even the point of giving them education?

2. Funding. The overall facilities and faculty in inner cities are leagues below more wealthy areas. So to add to the already reluctant students, you have dilapidated conditions that make the learning experience even more unappealing.

As for the effect of self righteousness, I feel a lot of kids nowadays like to blame the problems on other things rather than make up for it themselves. Going back to the kids in inner cities; there are constantly opportunities to better the community that just aren't taken. Hell, they have free education, albeit not very good at times but if you try your hardest can make anything work.

Yeah and a lot more young drug dealers now

Live in a well off part of Canada and every high school party was filled with heroin, coke, LSD, etc

Biggest one is molly, most people see it as a light party drug so it's extremely common at parties (both pill form and snorting) but almost nobody realizes molly is one of unsafest drugs one could do (its a mix of random untested synthetic drugs most of the time) and often has meth mixed in as well, seen a lot of people get a really poor batch and screw them selves up.

There was never any drug prevention when I was in high school (graduated 2016) and administration seemed to be blind to the major drug issue in youth.

I agree, I'm sure they know that they know what they're putting in their bodies isn't good for them. But I don't see anyone trying to stop them, which is the issue. My school does not offer any nutrition classes, and I rarely hear them say anything about nutrition, which is honestly a huge deal considering there are at least 1000+ students at an average high school (mine included).

For breakfast my school offers chicken nuggets with tater tots, mini powdered donuts, cinnamon rolls, brownies, sugary cereals and coffee cake. All of this stuff probably isn't good for you, but kids eat it on a daily basis because there isn't anything else to eat. There are healthier options, like fruit and yogurt, but you have to pay for these things. The food options I mentioned earlier are free as long as you qualify for the lunch program at my school (which 90% of students qualify for). My school campus is also filled with vending machines stocked with chips, candies, cookies, and other bad stuff.

I think the main reason for this is the lack of options, which in my opinion many schools don't try to address. I'm sure buying a box of chips is cheaper than a box of fruit, and that's the main reason schools fail to offer healthier options. Why would someone pay for a cup of fruit when you could get a donut for free?

This is just from my experiences at my school, and I'm sure many other schools deal with these issues as well. My middle school was probably even worse. And nobody is addressing these issues. The last time I heard a school official mention something about promoting healthier eating was when I was in middle school.

fidget spinners n dabbing XD

Thats something I think would be good to see actual stats for, cause I know some old ****s who talk about partying hard back in their younger days, and it just being easier to get away with. Also education on drugs is getting significantly better, with stuff like D.A.R.E going away/getting replaced with more sensible education, and most people realizing the war on drugs is ridiculous (most conservatives I know are beginning to lean towards it being a huge waste of money that could better be invested in actually educating people on the risks that come with taking drugs).

Kinda curious if thats a problem with this generation; there has always been parts of the population that aren't interested in education; my mother missed a ton of school to stay back and work on the farm.

I imagine a problem being more along the lines of too much focus being put on education, and not enough on literally anything else. When I was in highschool there was really no guidance for anything other than going to college; and I know when my wife was in highschool not going to college was just not an option.

This ****s over everyone who realizes higher education isn't for them.

I feel like jobs like being a doctor or lawyer are gonna be payed little one day and the non college jobs gonna be where the money at lol to many leaders not enough slaves.

That's already true, most lawyers don't make very good money for the insane amount of work they do; and depending on where you work in the medical field you may or may not make good money, thats not to mention the ridiculous amount of college expenses you rack up.

Whereas I could make six figures without no degree working on an oil rig, thats not to mention the many high demand trade jobs that pay really well.

Most teens have no ****ing clue what to do
They find themselves taking useless classes after highschool because highschool never helped narrow down their options.

The person who is the main reason we are here now calls himself Daddy and works on Avalonia.

Unless thats not the same person.

Humans

heroin

A lack of respect for authority. We need more *** woopin's

What does this have to do with teenagers

Smoking inside the schools. It's obviously illegal in all schools but, people still smoke in smart places where teachers can't see you. When I was in school, a lot of people used to go to the back of the field (inside the school) and smoke normal cigarettes&weed. After lunchtime finishes they distract othere in class (the ones who smokes weed) They also lose focus too which effect their education. Althought smoking is banned inside the school, there is nothing stopping anyone from smoking inside the school. They should be more strict to be honest, spread the teachers around at luchtime and ACTUALLY check the CCTV they have placed. Most of the people who fails at school are smokers, this problem is so underestimated. They fail school, they're most likely gonna fail at life so, they will join gangs to earn money or they will just relay on the government. Making a rule is useless if you're not going to make sure this rule isn't going to be broken.

A good education is the only solution to all social problems. The education we receive from our family will determine our way of thinking and the way for us to conduct ourselves. Also It is time to stop being offensive and learn to be a proper human being.

Don't matter what pretext terrorists may use for their deeds, terrorism has no justification. You lose your right to live when you kill a person. Obviously they are persons with mental health problems and need help.

You actually bring up a valid point.

In today's society most people are encouraged to get into a good college to become a doctor or banker or something but not enough focus is placed on going to trade school for specialized jobs like technicians, contractors, and farmers.

We have to break the stigma around the blue-collar jobs and show people that they don't have to shoot for some fancy white-collar job to be successful in life.

Because those jobs are truly important and without them things would be pretty rough.

Karl Marx was known, in part, for his idea that the most important work in today's society is done by the people payed the least, and vice versa. To elaborate on that, if all of our farmers decided to quit farming we would basically collapse as a society. Whereas if all of our stock brokers decided to quit how much worse off would we really be?... it's an interesting concept.

On-topic; Many of these issues (listed ITT) are intertwined immensely and to say that one is worse than another is just based on what you, personally, have been dealt in life. I don't imagine many of those are the actual answer to this.

Are drugs an issue? Yes, but what is more important than then the drugs themselves is why. Why are they using them? What is to gain? That is a much more important answer than just picking a drug and saying it's the issue.

Elk's thought, not having enough time for yourself, is something that I can agree with and see the logic behind it. But I don't think it's not having enough time. I think that we don't actually want time for self reflection right now. Many of our choices are not even really made by us (for example, when someone mentioned that going to college has become a must... most people don't choose to go to college for themsleves, they go because "that's what you do". The choice is made for them). Many of our choices are like this. That being, we didn't reach that conclusion ourselves and are just following what society and other people tell us to do.
I would argue that we don't want the time to reflect on these kinds of events and decisions, so we try and ignore it by distracting ourselves with YouTube, fidget spinners, ect. That works, to a point, to help us avoid examining our choices. This allergic reaction to self-reflection is a root cause of a lot of what has been said in this thread, I would imagine.
But this is not just a problem for this current generation, it's been a problem for a long time now. Avoiding choices has been a norm of human interactions for a long time now.

But, to be fair, if I had to pick a problem that is specifically tailored to my generation, it is our ability to hide in our intellectual safe-spaces of people who agree with us. I find it almost repulsive that we can't actually have legitimate political conversations because of this. I honestly think being overly ingrained in any belief to be a bad thing, and this issue is only getting worse. Now I can even make my news display only ________ political opinions. People hold onto their beliefs like hell, and now that we can hide ourselves from the other side we don't even need to know how to defend our beliefs... after all, in my safe space no one will ask me to explain why I feel the way I do.

Not to single you out, but what you're saying is a perfect example of what I said above... you're saying that smoking itself is the issue, and it is not. If you had a magical wand that could remove smoking from the world we wouldn't be any better off than before. If the underlying causes still exist they'll just move onto some other addictive or destructive habit...

That was a problem when your parents were in school too; not necessarily specific to this generation lol.

Egotisim, greed, lust, blissfulness, naivety...

Also, furries.

Drugs are certainly an issue even in the more well established areas.

I know heroin is making a pretty big comeback in the states.

people should stop cursing rly (anger management)

"Question for teens." Why the hell are you here lol?

we are children's souls trapped within the graal engine

Idolizing gang/thug culture - for the UK at least.