In the January issue, Zachary W proved a great point about how teenagers are viewed as to adults. The anecdote, “Speak up, Kid”, described how if one is a child, one might not be heard as an adult. Our own thoughts and opinions are ignored due to an age gap that means nothing. Just because one is younger doesn’t mean that one is less knowledgeable than their elders. Zachary summarized that even though he was eighteen, he was still treated like a child. Although when one turns eighteen, one is legally an adult, the narrator isn’t treated that way. His own ideas such as “being gay isn’t wrong” and “that a person’s goodness isn’t measured by how often they read the Bible” is unimportant to his father.

I strongly agree with the author. Nobody should believe that age determines how wise and smart one is. Instead, they should accept our ideas since most of the times they have a good point. However, adults may be wiser than us, they should at the very least listen to our ideas. I would like to thank Zachary to prove this point to everyone.