Being a teenager now a days is easy. Our food is paid for and our room and board is free! To me there is only one negative aspect of being a teenager. Our whole society doesn't trust us! We are allowed to drive, vote, smoke, and go to war, but adults still seem to not trust teenagers. My friend has experienced a prime example of what I am talking about. He was driving to a Golf driving range and while driving through an intersection he was hit by a lady running a red light. He saw the lady coming and thought she would stop because she had a red light, but the lady kept on coming. He slammed on the brakes and swerved to avoid T-boning her. When the crash was done the result of the cars didn't leave a hint to who's fault it really was. So the word of him and the lady was the most concrete evidence. When they both got out of there cars my friend asked her if she was okay and she replied yes adding that she was sorry and didn't know what she was thinking. After the cops came and she talked to her husband my friend asked her why she ran the light and she condescendingly fired back that she didn't run the light. My friend was thrown back by the comment. When telling me this story he told me that he was sure the lady's husband told her to lie, because later he found out the the lady's insurance was very crappy and they probably couldn't afford a crash. So after they both told their mismatched stories to the cop he went home and prepared for days of convincing ahead. After days of attempted convincing the court date he was dreading came upon him. When the court date came and went he felt the wrath of the mistrust adults have with teenagers. The court took the word of the lady over his just because she was a trusted citizen of the city of Atlanta. He told me it felt like the huge fist of the justice system hit him to the ground and wouldn't stop stomping.
And that concludes my example of how authority figures don't trust teenagers.
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