I’d say the most common misconception among the youth is the assumption that adults have all the answers—or at least significantly more. Back when I was just starting high school, I didn’t necessarily believe that all (or even most) adults had seriously thought about life or knew what they were doing. But when I discovered new, less mainstream music from oink that packed a powerful punch of raw emotion, I placed my full trust in the artists as I listened to them play their hearts out, all the while thinking that their experiences elevated them to a place where they could actually help me somehow. I would listen to their songs over and over again and take the lyrics to mean everything, as though listening once more would give me a new perspective and help me get at something genuinely deep.
Those powerful lyrics: first world problems. I, with regard to anything deep in life: jaded.
