Li-Shann: I agree. But there are also things that adults can learn from teenagers. For example, their lively attitude.
Joella: How can you be sure of this? In the present times, more teenagers are actually feeling more stressed due to the increasing standard and emphasis on education in Singapore, and tend to have negative attitudes when it comes to studying and having to go to school.
Li-Shann: EXACTLY. Despite all the stress and increasing standards of expectations, teenagers can still have a cheerful and lively mood to do things. Hence, adults can learn from their enthusiastic spirit and motivate themselves to do the same too. (:
Jaime: Yes, i agree with Li-Shann. Although students may have a negative viewpoint of school, it all goes down to their mindsets and perspective of things.
Joella: I am not only talking about the aspects of education. I do know that they may be able to cope with some of this stress, but this type of stress is usually long-term, students don’t just have to cope with stress only in secondary school you know? This would in turn result in an overall decreased happiness level, which might not make them as lively as before or even cause them to feel pessimistic. Therefore, in what ways can learning from teenagers’ enthusiastic spirit motivate adults to do the same too? Do you think that adults are actually able to apply the positive values of teenagers, which you had said earlier about having an enthusiastic spirit, into their work lives? I beg to differ.
Anna: Also, why should adults learn from teenagers? Most adults themselves are already independent and matured, they know what is best for them and what they should look up to as role models for themselves.
Jaime: Even though adults are matured, there is definitely still much more for them to learn from. They may have achieved an outstanding degree in their education, or even succeeding in their careers, but what about their mentality?
Li-Shann: By learning from teenagers, adults may be able to find flaws in their attitudes. For example, they can learn from the curiosity and the willingness to find out more from teenagers hence allowing them to discover the other positive aspects of life. They may also be able to solve conflicts more efficiently.
Anna: But then again, how can you confirm that adults will benefit as such from this? What if adults will not be able to actually identify their flaws and weaknesses, and rather end up feeling demoralised and always finding fault in themselves? Learning from teenagers may be a bad thing instead.
Li-Shann: That’s the thing. They can’t find fault in themselves. As mentioned in my stand, adults don’t like criticism. Be it constructive or not. My father is an example :b But to tell the truth, who likes being criticised? NOBODY. It’s just that i feel like adults are more likely to feel offended and not try to change their faults as they have the mentality that they are always right. By saying learning from teenagers, i mean like learning about the positive stuff. And when teenagers try to correct adults or tell them something about what they’re doing, MOST adults feel like the teenagers are rude and tell them off instead of just trying to accept and reflect on the comment.
Joella: Are you sure that all adults feel the same way? How can you assume that adults do not like being criticised? Criticism isn’t only about the negative aspects of something, it can also mean pointing out the positive or advantageous aspects. Most people have this misconception that criticism only means ‘finding faults’, however, really, criticising basically means ‘passing judgment over’ or ‘examining’ and may mean 'finding the merits'. Why wouldn’t adults want to have positive feedback? Since you said that adults do not like being criticized by teenagers and may not want to change the way that they do certain things, then what's the point of learning from teenagers in this case? This may mean that adults need not learn from teenagers, because they know who to learn from.
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