My typing/spelling improved coz i now cut/paste my posts into Word/KWord before i psot so Hubris can't bag me and people can understand what i'm trying to articulate.
HUbris partly got it right, i was talking to a friends little bro in year 9 last week and jsut listening to how cynical/negative he was reminded me of myself at that point. Kids go though a stage of suddenly reasliing how very fucked up so many things are. Then most switch off, some get pissed, become anarchists, socialists, protest on the streets etc (me for a while), some post negative commentrys on internet message boards
but most seem ot ome thought it ok.
I can live with world disaster these days, i'm comfortable with my politics etc, been there, done that, got it sorted. Its stuff closer to home that seem to be common for teenagers thses days. I spent an hour a few days ago beign interviewed by poice of the stabbing death of a friend's friend. I hurts every time i see deep new cuts on my friends arm and know they are no accident. Spending 4 hours hugging my crying girlfriend on a park bench after she ran away from home after a fight with ehr stepfather. Spending an entire night with another female friend who did the same after her father tried to beat her again. Its all just too common, i hate it. 80% of my friends smoke, about 30% take drugs, one old mate of mine i in rehab after a heroin overdone, he is 15 for crying out loud. No wonder kids are cynical today, go from saturday morning cartoons to CNN its no wonder really. The world around them and so often theri own lives are so screwed up its a natural defensive reaction, batton down, keep everyone out and be cynical as all hell.
I'd probaby be aot like tattooedmind if i didn't go to a school that fosters alot of discussion of such thigns on a very inteligent level, its great that you can be inthe public school system here and still spend hours talking about politics.