IT drives me crazy!

There is one thing in this world that I am confronted with every day, and all teens are, whether they notice it or not. That thing is called low expectations. It is everywhere, and what annoys me most about it is adults stereotype all teenagers with this, before rarely realizing they may be wrong. I am reading this awesome book, I recommend everyone to read it both adults and teenagers, it is called Do Hard Things: A teenage rebellion against low expectations. The great thing about this book is its written by teenagers! They recognize that adults look down on teenagers in today’s society. This book is amazing, I haven’t finished it yet, but it is already amazing. The Bible even talks about low expectation. From 1 Timothy 4:12 “Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.” The Bible tells “teenagers” to set an example in this world, that is a high calling. Alex and Brett Harris, authors of Do Hard Things, call this rebellion and revolution against these low expectations, the Rebelution. An example they use in their book about these low expectations is when they googled teen and expectations and what they got were a bunch of different things like drugs, drinking and the like. I haven’t finished their book yet but I know its going to be good. I am flustered that adults think this lowly of teenagers. For example when something bad happens people right away assume it was a teenager who did it. One example is that if a teenager is driving down the highway at 62, when the speed limit is 60, and an adult is speeding at 68, a cop may be more likely to pull over the teenager because he/she is a teenager. How did teenagers get such low expectations that they are always up to no good? How can we change it? Why do adults look down on the future generation with such disdain? Well, you are going to have to read Alex and Brett Harris’ book. You can also check out their website at www.therebelution.com.