What Happened?

Whatever happened to our generation?

Why is it that we act the way we do?

Why do we reject people based on their race, ethnicity, social status, and wealth?

Why do we refuse to associate with people who are "not like us"?

Why do we do harmful things to our minds and bodies?

Why do so many people make poor decisions and leave others to suffer?

Tell me this:
When did sitting with the "outcast" equal social suicide?
When did "hanging out after school" become smoking weed in the corner lot?
When did "being cool" become defined by partying, drinking, and being sexually active?
When did people start fighting over who had to be a designated driver?
Why is it that I know people who smoked pot and took double shots before their sixteenth birthday?
Why is it that I know people who don't even have enough fingers to count how many girls they've hooked up with?
Why is love now defined as "having sex"?

What happened to good, clean fun?
What happened to chivalry?
What happened to morals?
What happened to us?

Why do we live in a society where you're uncool if you've never had alchohol, or smoked a cigarette, or even kissed a guy?

Have we lost all respect for others?
Have we lost all respect for ourselves?

You can try to blame the media,
you can try to blame your friends,
you can try to blame your parents,
but the one to blame is yourself.

It saddens me to see what we've become.
And its time for that to change.

-Caroline