Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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TEENAGERS 1 STOP COMPLAINING 3. I believe that teenagers have reached an era of rebellion, disagreement, and an extremely critical 3tage, It's almost impossible to please them and they5 re forever complaining, even about the most trivial matters, How .often have you heard a teenager nay That old bag shoulda never teen hatched or My parents arc prudes; th.9y just don't understand me or Why do we teenagers get all the blame? A frequent complaint of today :s younger generation is that adults bring out only the worst in teenagersjthey accuse us cf being juvenile delinquents, or judge us all by the few rotten apples Teenagers claim that in revspape-s, for instance , all emphasis ij rinc od on our mistakes while little attention i3 focused uoon our merits. This is. indeed, a misconception After carefully examining an issue of the 3u-- llngt.cn Ere? Tress I found four articles telling about' such things as juvenile delinquency, careless termage driving, and sc on. On tne ctnor hand I discovered eleven stories which told of teenage a-chievementa ana honors So, stop complaining ' teon-ag-jv-? people realize that we're not all tad eggs, Anochcr ancient whim of teens is My old man and lady are thick; they don't even try to understand me. Here, too, I think we're being too critical of our parents. Despite the fact that our parents grew up in a different generation, they were young once. They know what it's like to have problems-to need money,to want the car on Saturday night. The solution hero is mutual understanding; rravbe parents sav My I:id3 con t understand me, ' With a few compromises from both s5.de3 you might be surprised to realize that parents aren't so bad after all. Teachers aresnothor prob- lem of the younger set., fe don1 1t like to be pushed a: O’.v.'d and aiciplined; so xes I am© tha teacher3 for or.vp . ’ks and one uiacrier'J iriess or trio schooi. Teenagers have reached the stage where they try to resist authority. They disagree merely as a form of rebellion, Cn the whole ' rape'- ; for teachers ha? gone out of style. This i3 sor.ietni.ng which rust be remedi-.d z.f we wish tc succeed in life. Respect is an item which we'll always need-at Union 7 and in our vocations, le.t„r. Seme youths have taken on destruction md i.v‘ ge-riiav:toning means cf rebellion as the solution of (or cvoican.f oO their difficulties. Drugs, v a ryir.r frorn sni ffinr r. i re 1 .. ne glue to LSD trips, are r:ecrt-edly being used in great quantities by teens. The formation of the hippies is another less ..armful way of rebellion, A.though Franklin is not direct!.- concerned with imp '':p; drugs cr x'lower onlidrou. ruen problems do x v ©.iat' in saoh t ..l . -ces as New York. In my opinion, we teenagers should stop erki a lousy outlook on 1:f. our criticism construct!r., learn to respect ot! ' - ar face our problems inst. c. c

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 resorting to some foolish kind WINTER of rebellion This world isn't actually such a miserable place in which to live. So, com'on teenagers-stop complaining. Brepda Gates '70 Winter i3 the time of year. When all things Slow sown, 3. bit. Tho reason why. Of course you know; It 's cold ’and ’snowy unii bLowy and kind of misorablo too. But all people keop in mind The ono thing that Koops hopes bright, And that's, that spring Is almost in sight. Andrew Quintin '72 Dougie: Did youkiow thatlkiggy Roger: Why is a Ctntcr of a tree had her chost tatoood. like a dog's tail? Norma: No Dougie: It says, Front. Penny: Why? Roger: It is fartherest the bark. from