Are teens lazy?

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Admittedly, I was pretty lazy in my teenage years. Going to university and finally being on my own for a change put an end to that.

Not that university is a motivator for everyone. I had a roommate who regularly missed class because he was too busy sleeping until 3pm, or browsing the web, or playing his Wii. His academic adviser actually contacted me and the other roommates a few times, always pleading for us to get him to go to class before he failed everything (this was our second semester of senior year too). He ended up not graduating with us and letting his parents foot the bill for another year at the school... all because he didn't feel like going to class...

 

[TheVioletBandit]

Teenagers may be lazy, I am unsure. Nevertheless a better term or description I think would be "mentally underdeveloped" or "developing" if the first term offends you. If there is truth to the laziness accusation it may be a symptom of this mental underdevelopment.

 

[Ectoplasmicz]

They can be, but our flaws are grossly over exaggerated by the media. This is frustrating, but we've all been through it and learn to deal with it.

 

[scar_47]

Of course some are others aren't, really I think the issue stems more from really not being interested in or wanting to do certain activities. I'm 23 and a college student there are certain classes where it's a real struggle to get the work done because I find it boring or pointless I'm also one of the best employees at my job and bust my ass in other classes, so I'm not really lazy just unmotivated to do certain things I think it's the same with teens except those things tend to involve a lot of tasks others ask them to complete.

 

[Vault101]

Teenagers have the ability to transform and improve their minds and bodies in a way that they will appreciate for the rest of their lives. We don't emphasize this enough in western culture.

Their neural structures are still forming, so they need to do a lot of reading and writing (and not just fiction). Their genes are still in the process of being expressed, so their bodies are especially malleable through exercise and sports. For many people, their physical and mental condition at age 16-20 will be a baseline for the rest of their lives.

so what your essentially saying is that the BEST time in our lives to reach our potential..comes at a time where we often dont (or cant) look that far ahead or give a crap

....what a gyp...guess I'm gonna stay mediocre forever :/ (I kid..Im not that emo)

 

[Sexy Devil]

Some are, some aren't. My god... it's almost like they're like everyone else in the world!

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

Well, the majority of teens in the wide world are one of the main providers for their family.

If you want to talk about, say, Western teens on the other hand... they suck.

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[Sonicron]

It's not a teenager thing, it's a people thing. Everyone's lazy by nature - we're hardwired to prefer the route of least resistance. Alas, teenagers often still have the choice to just sit back instead of working their asses off to provide for themselves and/or a family, like adults typically do.

 

[Nouw]

I'm a teenager and I don't consider myself lazy . While it is a lie to say no teenagers are lazy, it's even worse to say they're lazy in general. Academics and doing chores isn't the only aspect of a teen's life that should determine laziness.

 

[The Night Angel]

No, well no more than anyone really. It's just that in today's society, it is possible for a teen to be lazy more easily than an adult. But it depends on the person, you can't generalize.

 

[getoffmycloud]

I think you really can't tell if someone is lazy as a teenager because they are stuck in the education system and most of them don't want to be there they want to be enjoying the best years of their life. Once they have left school its easier to tell for example a friend of mine left school and college with really good grades whereas I left with average grades looking at that you would say I put in less work and was lazier. However since we have left education he has only managed to get a part time job in a supermarket despite the fact he wants to be a film director and in 2 years he has only made one bad 2 minute film but me on the other hand I have had 2 full time jobs I very nearly ended up with an apprenticeship but was turned down because I was too old and now I am applying to go into the military therefore it would appear that he is the lazy one not me.

 

[Rawne1980]

I have teenage kids.

They rarely surface from their pits before the afternoon when they don't have school/university.

Getting them to clean their rooms is like getting blood from a stone.

My friends teenage kids are the same.

Not saying all teenagers are but some most certainly are.

But adults are just the same. When I don't have any work to do I won't do anything. I sit in front of my PC or PS3 and vegetate for the day.

 

[uhddh]

Yes. But only when it comes to things we don't want to engage in. If it's exciting and/or interesting most teenagers are very energetic about it. I, for example, would require massive incentive to do something like mow the lawn or do homework, but if it was to play a gig for a band I'd be all over it.

 

[AngloDoom]

'Teens' is quite a weird category. When I was thirteen my only duties were really to help clean the house and do my homework. When I was nineteen I was in a job to pay 'rent' at my girlfriend's place, to buy my (and often her) food, and shovelling money toward the same girlfriend who hinted she would leave me if I continued being poor, then I'd go climbing the city with friends at night.
I worked as hard as circumstance let me, and still came out of it with a debt.

People are as lazy as circumstance, and often upbringing, allows them to be.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Lazy?! Why I oughta fragllerumblerabblekrerknkrikrfikenvnmr....zzzzzzzzz....huh?! Wassat?! Ahh...feh, I don't feel like argue....you're just a dumb...stupid head!...Imma go take a nap...zzzzzzz...zzzzzz...

 

[ShindoL Shill]

That depends. Some are. Some adults are as well.
Except nobody makes a big deal about teenagers doing all their coursework, finding a job/sending off all their college/uni applications ASAP. Because that's what they're supposed to do.
People just focus on the ones who do fuck all, which means whenever you hear about teenagers it's either the lazy ones. So all you can think is teenagers=lazy.

 

[Shivarage]

Pisses me off is that some teenagers feel like the world owes them a favor. Always great to see some teen hating life when he starts a job at McDonalds. It is not as fun as you thought it was going to be you little self entitled shit.

Heh, I often think that when it comes to self-serving politicians or bankers but hey, it's just easier to pick on someone smaller right? =P

At least teenagers would survive a job at mcdonalds for all the pay they get, I'd imagine Eric Pickles (youtube his name on question time) comitting suicide after an hour of standing there before he even starts working

 

[emeraldrafael]

Some arel, some arent, jjust like grownups.

though in all reality, I think some teens work harderthan grownups do on average. especially if you odnt get your parents support and yu have to pay all your bills, which is a lot harder when you make min wage or less.

 

[Navvan]

As has been said by most people in this thread that as far as "lazy" goes teenagers aren't really any different than anybody else. The only thing that comes to mind that would make it appear to be so is that teenagers generally don't have to support their own existence and thus aren't forced to work as much as the average adult in order to maintain a comfortable lifestyle.

 

[Shivarage]

Always pick on people that deserve it. Really have no patience for people that think the world owes them something. Can tell you that it is a mentality that runs rampant in teenagers. Had the same attitude when I was younger as well. Everyone usually grows out of it once they get their first shitty job. Of course some people never drop the habit. People live in this little bubble of comfort when all they have to worry about is school. Sure there are bullies, dead lines, all that jazz.

Ohh yes, this guy is definately NOT lazy in any way possible, he FULLY understand the struggles and challenges that the population (he makes the decisions for) go through every day, this is what makes him qualified to be in government >_> (/ sarcasm)


Example starts at the top and this man, in my view, is a horrible, vile and disgusting lazy fat pig yet for some reason he is worth a thousand of me and you, he literally moans about having to take a train to work, then he cries about having to be in work on time cause apparently that's so fucking difficult for him, then he shows his utter ignorance of average life believing people don't work till the morning hours every day!
Hows that for a bubble of comfort?

I think you can cut teenagers some slack when we put crapbags like that into highly paid, unproductive positions of power