essay on teenagers are a misunderstood lot. describe an incident when you were misunderstood and ill treated for being a teenager
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Teenagers are a misunderstood lot
According to Virginia Satir teenagers are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. It is quite true that adolescence is the pivotal phase in any human’s development and growth. It is crucial transitional period from childhood into adulthood. Crucial physical, emotional, mental, and attitudinal changes take place in this period. This is the age of stress and aggression. This phase is the phase of emotional turmoil in which an adolescent feels quite confused and vague about many issues of life. One of the most conspicuous aspects of teenage is the clash of ideology between the teenagers and grown-ups.
One similar incident highlighting this clash happened in my life about which I am going to narrate in the following lines. I along with my family went to a village to attend my cousin’s wedding. I remember vividly the influence of English literature on many aspects of life. My dressing sense, my thinking, my actions, my behavior, etc all seemed to be influenced by it. it was owing to the English Literature I had opted for in my +1 standard. So my behavior was to English at times to be considered traditionally Indian.
Throughout the marriage ceremonies I was centre of attraction because of my western attire. As the ceremonies concluded and the bride prepared to say good bye to her family members, she met and hugged everyone. When my turn came, I just kissed her on the forehead very respectfully as expression of my love for her. I felt the people around me did not like the gesture!
I came to know the gravity of situation after the hubbub of the friends and relatives had subsided. My dear mother took me aside and made me aware that I had offended the elders by kissing my cousin. When I remonstrated she just asked me to remember the fact that I was in an Indian village, not in England! I really felt very embarrassed afterwards for being misunderstood by the elders.
Similarly, it is my views that teenagers in India especially remain misunderstood.