would like to clear something up...

Just so you all know not all teenagers are like the stereo type. Some of us do work hard and try our best to help society out. I dont cuss and I get good grades. Heck I am a freshman in high school and i farm 125 acres, run a few cow calf pairs, restore tractors run, a goat milk business, and work for a farmer and a crop insurance agency. There is still hope for this country just dont give up on my generation. thats my little rant haha. thanks

Dignity and Grace will take you a long way. Keep up the good work, you sound like a hard worker, I was the same at your age [ I'm like an old dog now, hard to get moving in the morning, every ache and pain know to man!]. 

My buddy is an Ag teacher at the high school on his third year, I'm 28 and he is 27. We are both like you describe we go go go and believe in sleepin when we're dead, even on a Friday night when I was 20 and he was 19 we set up a generator and flood lights and built fence all night long, actually done it more than once. But we have noticed from his students at school that even in the short time that it has been since we were in school that as a group todays teenagers are much lazier and more spoiled than we were back then. All they do is text all the time even in class and when I was a freshman I remember a guy who got suspended cause he had a pager on him. Also they know a lot less on how to work with their hands, for a lot of them its there first time to work with their hands. There is always a select few, maybe 10-15 out of the over 100 kids, that he has like you that he doesn't have to worry about. So just keep it up and don't let the jug heads drag you down cause the ones like you are fewer and farther between.

I concur with andrew.  Folks like you are getting rare.  Im now 25, went to a small country school (thank God). I look back and think wow, things have changed and not for the better.  For instance; when i was in school a pregnant teenager was an oddity (in my small school) but now my wife works there. And she said there is now 4 pregnant girls there; and their proud of it.  I cant imagine what it would be like in a big school now adays.  This country really needs to get back to when men looked like men, and ladies look like ladies and both acted so. 

Probly your one of those conservative young fellows that will get rich on your (own) before before your 30. Then all the liberals that want government help will think you got it unfairly and try to take it all away.

Keep it up.  It seems hard to believe at times, but good things happen to good people.  I'm a few years ahead of you (a Junior in college studying mechanical engineering and marketing at UPenn) and can tell you the road you're taking isn't going to seem the easiest or even the right one at times, but stick it out through the tough times and you will be rewarded.  If you ever have doubts, just tell yourself that all the hard work you're putting in right now is going to be rewarded at some point in your life.  Too many people my age just want instant gratification in everything they do (work, school, relationships, sports, etc), but you'll find that it's those things you have to work and wait for that you really appreciate.  Keep it up and you'll do great things, because there aren't many like you out there.

Hurst

This is very refreshing, Thanks. If you are ever in east TN on vacation look me up and we will pick up rocks to pass the time. Scott

Hey now! Theres more then just one of us on here like that! I'm a freshman in college, AG COLLEGE, Crop science major. Couldn't have said it better myself Mark.

Hey SKS, I just read an article saying teenage pregnancy is up and that part of it is they go after their "older" boyfriends for money, and get money to live off the system.  Not the thing I want from my daughters

I too am a teenager and have full intentions of being a good guy. I know the whole argument about being a teenager and you are going to say a thing or two once in a while that you probably shouldn't but there is a difference in occasionally letting one or two slip and just rolling one off after another.

For what I can tell, the younger people on this site are wonderful people and very honest when it comes to telling the truth and doing what is right. The reason the bad mouthed and inconsiderate people stand out is because they are different. To be honest, people find it more entertaining (for the most part) to watch others act dumb and get into trouble because they know it is wrong. For every person that acts up there are way more who do the right thing.

My hat is off to those who do chose to do the right thing because in the end you are responsible for your actions alone, not what someone else did.

It is great to hear that there are some teens out there to keep the world turning. I am a Sheriff Deputy and 50% of the calls are teens out of control or runaways (large lack of discipline) the other 50% is domestic violence that usually comes from late teen/early twenties couples that shouldn't have gotten married in the first place!!!! My grandfather taught me to help others as much as posible, love your family, keep a good name, and above all else Love God.

I too am a teenager 15 years old, and all hope is lost in my generation. You have kids bringing guns and knives to school, drugs, etc. I have a huge passion for all kinds of tractors I know yall didnt wanna hear that but I try to keep it Allis orange as much as I can. Aside from tractors, I spend all my time I can working outside and cleaning up "the compound" 150 acres we own. I cut grass, etc. On my extra time I cut grass, help the neighbors do whatever, I take martial arts, and throw axes. As soon as I turn 16, I am applying for a job cannot wait!

I hope our generation can turn around and gain some more respect for themselves. Its the 98% of the bad ones that ruin it for the 2% of us good ones.

TractorKidPA wrote: I too am a teenager 15 years old, and all hope is lost in my generation. You have kids bringing guns and knives to school, drugs, etc. I have a huge passion for all kinds of tractors I know yall didnt wanna hear that but I try to keep it Allis orange as much as I can. Aside from tractors, I spend all my time I can working outside and cleaning up "the compound" 150 acres we own. I cut grass, etc. On my extra time I cut grass, help the neighbors do whatever, I take martial arts, and throw axes. As soon as I turn 16, I am applying for a job cannot wait! I hope our generation can turn around and gain some more respect for themselves. Its the 98% of the bad ones that ruin it for the 2% of us good ones.

I'm with on the that all the way. I'm 19 and fresh out of school a year now. You never got reconized much when you need it, the bads ones are always in the spotlight. As for this generation, i dont think its going to turn around. I'm from a rural town of 4,500 and there is no respect for the farmers at all. 5 years ago they had 6 farm kids that started to farm, there are none for the next couple years that I know of know. I was the last one.

Agreed. Kids these days have some real problems. I'm proud to NOT be one of them. lol

I'm 14 and I have 7 pieces of old iron (not counting implements) and i love working on them. (1 Allis and a bunch of them farmall things. lol. Allis is the best) Always looking for more too!

Edited by texaskeykeeper - 10 Mar 2011 at 10:04pm

I am 19 and my first year in college, im live in the country, but went to a school in a small town with a population of around 900. i just graduated high school and every year as far as i could remember for homecoming we had a Drive your tractor to school day, in the fall and also in the spring. Well last year, my senior year, 4 other people and i drove tractors to school, thats sad and three of us were seniors, now this last fall no one drove theres, there used to be aleast 20 tractors or more, but now as the time go's by  most kids now dont even know what a tractor is hardly. In my graduating class i was the only farm boy, that is pretty sad if you ask me, everyone else just would sit around and plays games, party and get into trouble. The world is falling apart if you ask me.