Bad Reputation

Have you ever noticed how young people have such a bad reputation, even though they don't really deserve it. Sure, there are some youths who are clearly trouble, but there is also a large percentage who aren't. In fact, in some circumstances, I have found young people to be far more understanding that older people. For example, a young person in a wheelchair is quite often shunned, or looked upon as a malingerer by an older person, without their having any proof. The older person will not bother to help this person though they have no proof that the person is malingering. They demand respect, regardless of whether they have earned it. As I have said, there are youths who do exactly the same thing as this, so it is not an exclusive thing. What I am saying is that everything is relative, and that people should be judged on far more than just age. To me, age is nothing but a number. The number of years we have been alive. We do not gain wisdom by age, we simply gain more opportunity to gain wisdom, something that many young people seem to see, but not many older people do.

Perhaps it is time to start valuing people for what they bring to the table than for the number of years they have been alive.