zandd.com: What is wrong with the younger generations these days? From what I see and from what I hear, a lot of kids today are smoking anything and everything, drinking, inhaling, injecting, and doing whatever else they can get their hands on. This not only disgusts me, but it leaves me in absolute disbelief. Are kids not born with brains anymore? Is common sense just a book? Can we not tell right from wrong?

It's common knowledge and just normal intelligence. Don't do drugs because they not only ruin your body and mind, but your life. Don't smoke because it causes lung cancer. Don't drink excessively because it causes liver cancer and kills brain cells. I mean, how much simpler can it get? Are people so dumb these days that it doesn't register? It's sad and it's pathetic.

The worst of it is all these excuses and reasons.

"I only do it when I am stressed."
You only do it when you're stressed? Seems like all of life is a stress, then. Forget all the safe ways of relieving stress and relaxing. Let's just jump into the "now I'm going to ruin my life completely" phase. Very smart.

"Yo, it gives you the greatest high of your life. It's, like, unreal."
Yeah, well come back to reality in about two seconds and see how much your life really sucks. Two seconds of a high is not going to solve your problems. And in that two seconds, do you know how harm has been done to your body? Is two seconds of a high really worth a shorter life sentence?

"I'm not hooked. I can control myself."
Right, right. That's why you do it every other night of the week. You're not hooked. You're just addicted.

Oh, and the worst. "All my friends are doing it, so..."
What?! Ok, I can understand peer pressure, but if you're so down on yourself that you have to do things that are going to ruin your life to try to improve your life, then you have real big problems.

A lot of you teens walk around these days like you own the world. You think that you know better than anyone else, so whatever you do is right. You think that you can handle yourself, you can handle your life, and you can handle the world. Well, you know what? Wake your ass up, because you aren't even 1/8 of the way of understanding what the real world is about.

The real world isn't about partying every night and getting high. The real world isn't about when you can get your next ecstasy or shot of tequila. The real world isn't about being hard and showing off in front of your punk-ass friends who probably are all too bombed to even understand what you are doing.

The real world isn't about you acting smarter than everyone else when you're clearly not. The real world is about understanding what's going on, living your life to its fullest potential, and succeeding in all your endeavors. You need to be book smart and street smart. You need to have a clear head and wide-open eyes to hurdle whatever obstacle comes in your way and achieve the success that you want. That requires determination and intelligence. Intelligence in turn requires brain cells, and with all the drugs you smoke, drop, inject, and inhale, I think it's safe to say that you have close to none. It's a shame, really. I see even thirteen year-old kids smoking up and drinking like there is no tomorrow because not only is it cool, but hey, they know what they are doing. Whatever.

You guys need to open your eyes. Life isn't one big party. One day, you're going to wake up and see how messed up your life really is, and you won't have any clue on how to go about fixing it. Who are you going to turn to then? Your drug suppliers? Your friends, who are still too high to listen, too high to understand, and too high to help? Your parents, who probably have lost all trust in you because of the way you turned out? And please, don't give me the "My parents don't know. I hide it from them." You would be surprised by how much your parents know.

It's amazing how dumb kids have gotten these days. There seriously is a lack of intelligence among the younger generations. It's pathetic. And the worst part is, when I'm associated with the younger Korean generation, I feel ashamed. I see them and I am embarrassed to be Korean. And that is the really sad part.

People used to say to me that Koreans are some of the smartest people, and I used to agree. Sadly, these days, I can't even partially agree with that statement. If I heard anyone say that to me, I would not only mockingly laugh in his/her face, but I would also correct his/her statement.

"Koreans are not smart. They are as dumb as everyone else."

And that is the truth.

What did you think of this article? Click here to send feedback.