I feel like a lot of adults, especially older adults like your grandparents, don’t understand exactly how hard it is to live life as a teenager in this generation. How many teens have you heard complain about how their guardians just “don’t understand the struggles of life as a teen”. Although we know that the adult’s childhood was not always cupcakes and dandelions. For the most part, they didn’t have to deal with all the shame and stress that we go through today. For instance, I was telling my grandfather that people were spreading rumors (that weren’t true) about me. He went into a long speech about how “ if I was minding my business and doing what I’m supposed to, that wouldn’t happen. I don’t think that they realized that in our generation kids will start drama, because they are bored. It is hard for teens to fit in with society these days, and if you don’t fit in they’re an “outcast.” The definition of outcast is “a person who has been rejected by society or a social group.” These days it seems extremely hard to fit in with the way the world is today. In all honesty it seems like the hardest place to be considered “cool” is at school. If you don’t participate in sport you don’t fit in. Now keep in mind that if you choose the wrong sport then it would be the same as if you didn’t play sports at all. When I say this I mean if you’re not in the “popular” sport then you’re not recognized as an athlete. It seems like everything nowadays is a popularity battle. If you don’t have the nicest clothes or the newest brand then you are considered poor or mediocre and don’t fit in. Not to mention, if you don’t have the “perfect body” you get shamed for being “fat” or “too skinny”. If you’re outgoing then you’re “too much to handle,” but if you’re shy then you need to “come out of your shell”. If you excel  in your classes and what you do then you are a try-hard and “nobody likes a try-hard”. If you don’t have a phone then you’re considered “lame” and can’t keep up with what’s going on. Also we have to deal with so much cyberbullying by people who think they are better than everyone else. As if we don’t wear makeup then we are lazy and don’t care, but if we wear too much then we are trying too hard. Also if we wear clothes that don’t show any skin then we are “dress like a boy”, but if we show skin then we are “asking for it”.  With guys they get shamed for not being “jacked” or if their hair is too long. The bad thing is every teen goes through this and, yet still goes and does something like this to someone else. With that being said I don’t think that a lot of adults understand just how different things are in this generation and how tough it is to not be an “outcast” in today’s society.