Personal Narrative: The Stereotypes Of Teenagers

Adults everywhere believe that teenagers are the most naïve age group when it comes to having an outlook on life. They frequently tell us that our problems are relatively minor when compared to theirs, and that we have not yet experienced the many hardships life has in store for us. I disagree. I’m only thirteen years old, but if I’ve learnt anything in life, it’s that life is a ball of yarn, messed up. Let’s just say I always seem to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time. If an unpleasant event takes place, and I’m talking about things breaking, people getting upset, relationships falling apart, I’m typically the person the universe blames. That’s why I always have to be attentive to everything I say, and every action I pursue. You never know when something might come back to bite you. Life is a shoelace; it trips you when you’re not looking.

My actions always cause a lot of havoc. People often stop talking to me, I end up having minimal friends, and I get labelled as “irritating”. Everyone gets infuriated at me, especially since I seem to mess things up constantly. I always end up going back to the phrase “Desperate time’s call for desperate measures”. It makes me feel that it’s alright to lie my way out of problems. Most often I end up telling the half-truth. Sure it mends things for a little while, but what happens when everyone discovers the other half of the truth? They get even more annoyed. You know what they say “A half-truth is a whole lie”. At this point I lose all my integrity and people end up losing faith in me. I’ve learnt life is a maze; you’re always trying to find your way out. It’s like you’ll go to any measures just to get out of the problems life has created for