Assignment 6: Megan Meadors

Though there are so many things I could talk about here. I suppose this topic is something that affects a lot of teenagers, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who has ever felt like this, but I hate when adults assume that teenagers incompetent. I’ve worked with a fair share of adults in my life. Between working at a summer camp, volunteering to help run Girl Scout Cookies for troops in our area, planning events, and many other things I have noticed one common trend. Adults look at me like a child. I’m not talking like them recognizing the fact that I’m younger than they are, just when they look at me like I couldn’t possibly know anything because I am not as old as them. One example was at my Girl Scout Camp during a Mom and Me camp, which is when moms and daughters come and they do activities together, which the camp staff run. I was the youngest person on staff and while I was helping to entertain the children, the adults all had a meeting with the camp director and they were told that I was a part of the staff that they would have to listen to, especially when giving directions on safety and other things that were important because I knew as much as the older members of the staff. Even after this, there were still some issues. When I was helping harness people at the rock climbing tower, parents refused to let me help them if they were struggling, insisting that “they were fine” and then going to another member of the staff. This happens to everyone I’m sure, but it’s really annoying to me, but yet it’s something I can’t exactly help. I try to let it go, but it always has annoyed me.