High Expectations for Tenth Graders

High Expectations for 10th Graders
Do teenagers really deserve to have such low expectations for them? The popular belief is that teenagers are generally slackers who are just cruising around life. However teenagers are actually capable of a lot. Just getting through the teenage years is a great accomplishment in itself. The teenage years are a time of changes. Teenagers have to cope with all these changes and hormones while balancing school and social life. It is also a time of making huge decisions such as what college you will go to and what you want to do with your life.
But what if teenagers do go beyond the usual expectation of simply graduating high school and going to college? People don't expect teenagers to do much beyond that. I believe we are capable of more. We can make an impact on the world. Teenagers are still young. Their minds haven't been damaged by society yet. However we have to set our mind to it. If we just keep living life like we do right now then society will keep having the same low expectations about us as they do right now. We have to rise up to our own expectations.
If we want to change something then we can't simply expect that it will change. Most adults probably don't even care. I think we teenagers can be successful since this age or can start building something big. Warren Buffet was just 14 when he bought his first auction in Coca-Cola. Now he is one of the world's richest men.The first thing we as teenagers have to do is aspire. That is the first step to success.
So I have a plan. Let's get our teenagers to go against the culture. Let's show them what they can achieve. The first things that has to be done is to change their mindset. Most teenagers just think about partying and getting drunk. So more motivation needs to be given in school. Have fun but also think about your future. Maybe we need to instill in them the fear of failure. That way they will focus more on what they need to focus.
I think we as teenagers are very capable. We are in a time where we have the most energy we will have in our life. We should use that energy for good.We have the power to change the world and make the generation after us better. The power is in our hands. We just have to use it.