Taylor Swift - Fearless.

I wrote this like a week or two ago, so it's pretty backdated. Figured I should post it or else it would've just rotted in my drafts.

I was at vocal class the other day and I saw this girl of probably about 14 or 15? I'm making a rough estimate based off the way she looked. Judging from her uniform of green and white, I gathered that she was from the private school a short walking distance away from my class. Anyway, I wasn't really bothered about her because I was pretty busy playing Peggle and Cake Mania on my phone. Addictive stuff, let me tell you that. Difficult too. So there I was minding my own business until I saw something that caught my attention.

This girl walking in was closely followed by her maid who was carrying this girl's guitar case in for her as though it were just oh-so-heavy-and-difficult to "lug" around. I'm using the word "lug" very loosely. here, by the way. Then she proceeded to place it down on the floor with much care and carefully opened said case while this girl just sat around acting as though the world owed her everything.

The hammer on the nail? Even after her maid had done all this, this girl just walked into the room for class  totally nonchalantly, her nose in the air (figuratively, not literally) while her teacher got up to fetch the guitar for her.

The first thing that struck me when I saw this was a mixture of feelings consisting of  15% disgust, 30% shame and 55% disdain for this young girl's behavior. Then the second thought that ran through my head was that my mother would probably smack me from side to side like a rag doll, yelling, "No hands or legs, ah?" if I ever acted like that.

Scary stuff.

Later while I was relaying the story to A, who hardly ever goes a day without listening to my random outbursts of nothing. He only had two words to say about the issue.

"Pampered much?"

Far from eloquent, yes, that's my A. But, it's so true.

Are the younger generation so sheltered, so pampered to a point where it becomes so difficult for them to become independent? Will they be able to stand on their own two feet in the near future when they finally have to venture into the real world far away from the comfort of mommy and daddy?

It's not something I understand... the whole act of protecting a child from anything and everything. Treating them as though they can't do things on their own. I grew up learning that my mother will never be there for me forever, yet I'm still struggling with finding my footing in the world. I'm perfectly aware that I'm far from being the perfect poster child of independence or responsibility, but it's just something that escapes me. Why make someone else do something that you yourself are perfectly capable of doing on your own, with your own two hands?

Another thing, kids now are so goddamn STUPID. I doubt that I was THAT stupid or naive back when I was 13 or 14. Hearing the stories my sister relays to me about her classmates is hilarious, I'll give them that, but it's sad all at the same time. Some of them don't even know who Hitler is for crying out loud. Book smart some of them may be, but they have zero common sense and life skills.

I just don't get it. I don't think I want to even try to figure out how these kids are going to survive on their own in the future.

Am I just getting "old" or am I reading too much into this?