Humanizing through dehumanizing.....it must be done, right?

I am ecstatic to have visited both websites, which present the public with a genuine glance into the lives of youth. These sites are loaded with heavy, problematic issues that our society faces and teens are in touch with these issues. I was not awestruck that teens would speak out against social injustices, because they listen to condemning harangues and receive glowering looks all the time. They often empathize with the disenfranchised because they themselves are the disenfranchised! We hear individuals claim that teens are narcissistic and self absorbed, yet they are more morally grounded and altruistic than most adults. Our media certainly doesn't paint an accurate portrait of the teen. Instead, what we are fed are dubious images of teens; getting high at parties, whining because their sweet 16 party only cost $100,000, and lolling on the sofa playing videogames. We condemn their irresponsible, indolent behavior and corral all teens in a stable of negativity. However, we, the sagacious adults, are afraid to scrutinize ourselves. What would we see? AVARICE, HUBRIS, INDIVIDUALISM, CRUELTY, BLOODLESSNESS. We, the wielders of power, superimpose these labels onto teens and extract their humane characteristics. We apply these characteristics to ourselves and perpetuate the universal lie that teens are abominations and we are saintly beings. That refinement of character is contingent on chronological progression. But I will let you in on a little secret.....I don't believe this fallacy. That is why I have chosen to become a teacher.