What’s with the ageism against teenagers and young adults?

1. I don’t believe that the majority of “us” think that the majority of “you” are failures. I *do*, however, think that a good percentage of “you” think that your achievements to date rival those of people 10, 20, or even 40 years your senior. No exaggeration… I once had a student tell me that he’d acheived as much in biology as I have, ***NOT*** adjusted for age. In other words, at 20, he believed that he’d done the equivalent of my PhD work and then subsequent years of reserach and publication. *That,* as you might imagine, can be somewhat irritating. While it’s true that he may well one day surpass my contributions (well… not *him*, but certainly some of my students are on track to do so), the lack of respect demonstrated by many young people seems to have changed a lot in the past few years.

2. You’re right about this if you mean that the discrimination has a meaningful effect on you… like keeping you from getting a job, charging you higher prices for things like houses, cars, etc., and other sorts of irritating things (giving priority seating to “more desireable” customers at restaurants, etc.). I went through it too, and it bugged the &*^@#% out of me. I once made an offer on a used car (at a dealership) that was turned down instantly. I milled about for a few minutes, and some older guy (in his 40’s?) made an offer right in front of me for about $700 less, and they sold him the car. It was outrageous! But that said, politicians are who you need to appeal to for help (legislation and all…), and well… people in your age bracket don’t exactly vote in big numbers, so you don’t get a lot of help from politicians, sorry to say…

3. I’m a bit young for that, but I will tell you that the first person known to express the sentiment that “young people today” simply don’t live up to what we had to, blah, blah, blah… was Aristotle. If I recall right, his statement was in reference to learning, saying that young people don’t have to learn as much as his generation, etc. Anyway, I suspect that this is always true and that you’ll feel the same way (variations expected of course) one day. In my case, I think your generation has been made to learn a tremendous **breadth** of knowledge… far more than mine, but at the expense of *depth* in many cases. This isn’t your generation’s “fault” or anything, just changing society. But it’s that *depth* that’s required to move forward, and I really do fear that we’re setting your generation up for some greater risk of failure as a result, or at least for extended training/learning past college or grad school.

I’ll close with advice… You’ll live through it, but don’t take it without fighting for your rights when they’ve really been violated. I reported that car dealer to the consumer protection division in my state. It didn’t do any good to the best of my knowledge, but if *everyone* that had a similar experience had reported them, then it might have. Be passionate about your rights, your abilities, and your work, and you’ll rise far above any stereotypes you’ve been saddled with in life. Good luck!

Speaking as a member of the “older” generation, I do not think that members of your generation are failures. You haven’t had time to fail or to succeed, and that is the point. When I look at people your age, I see a great deal of potential, but potential is not fulfillment. Although there are a few exceptions among young people actually having a great deal of life experience, the majority of you have not (thank goodness) endured enough life to have attained any true life experience or wisdom. If you are being condemned by other generations before you have even had time to prove or disprove your self-worth, then you are indeed victims of uneducated persecution, and those persecuting you obviously have some misplaced application of their own life experiences. I do have a child, an only daughter who is very intelligent and responsible. I do not think that she is the only child of her age who has the potential to succeed. Many of her peers are already showing that potential, and many of those who are not will likely surprise those around them and turn out to be successful human beings, as well. The point is that when a person is 18 years old he/she has not had the chance to prove anything. And frankly, many of my generation are doing little to inspire you. Here is my advice: keep doing what you’re doing. You seem to be on exactly the right track. Then give yourself some time. You don’t have to go out seeking life experience. It will happen to you. Take it, good or bad, as a learning opportunity, and work to correct behavior that does not work for you and to cultivate behavior that does. Define yourself, and spend as little time as possible defining others. You won’t know the details of their process any more than they will know the details of yours. Respect those who prove themselves worthy of respect and develop a quiet dignity of nonparticipation with those who are not worthy of respect. Believe what you believe, and live into those beliefs, even when living into them is the most difficult thing you’ve ever done. Welcome challenges to your belief system. Those challenges will do one of two things: 1. They will strengthen your beliefs and your ability to defend them, or, 2. They will give you the opportunity to rethink your beliefs and perhaps change a belief slightly based upon new information. Always look at everything in context. If someone is condemned by others, especially, do the best you can to discern that person’s story before believing what others are saying. Take opportunities because you may never have that opportunity again. Let go sometimes and do something completely out of your ordinary. Don’t let a day go by that you haven’t made a positive difference in the life of at least one other person. Finally, you will not do these things perfectly. No person could. Learn to love yourself because of both your successes and your times of challenge.

Not everyone of the older generation thinks all those negative things about the younger generation. Actually the younger generation in my view has it much harder then the older generation in many ways, we could climb up the corporate latter with out a college degree as one example and you can’t get away with that now. I often hear older folks say they would not want to be in your shoes, so I would suspect that many have great respect and admiration for your generation. Your generation has a tough road ahead and my hats off to you as most of the younger generation are hard working and very smart people and like every generation you have your lazy asses to deal with who give the rest of you a bad reputation.

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Don’t let discrimination hold you back…it happens. Up until I was 28, I felt like people discriminated against me because of my age in my field. I often dressed “older” to be taken more seriously. But teenagers are very rude to some older people, too. The elderly have it especially hard since youth is really glamorized by our culture.

Funny. I am 67 years old … in 1958 when I graduated from high school, many of the adults around had exactly the same thoughts about high school students. Seems like every generation thinks they are unique.

Yeah, I know this didn’t exactly answer your question, but, for me, it put it into perspective.

many older people simply do not trust us younger people. They may view us as unruly and immature partly because there are many of those types of people running around and making their prescence known.