"What do I have to do..."?

Little did I know how stupid teenagers can be sometimes, or how stupid I was sometimes when I was a teen. My sister came home today in tears because she's now an outcast by her clique due to her ratting out on one of them, moreover, she lied about ratting her out.

In tears and much agony, she told me the story and her discontent. To my surprise, she was only a bit remorseful of her dishonesty. Though I also learned how to be honest when being interrogated till later years, which was also a hard pill to swallow at first, I wasn't impressed with her reaction.

After hearing her out and knowing that her fear has driven her to only one conclusion - running away, I told her to stick to her own doing and see it through. But looking at the high school students on the MRT, I have no doubt that each year, the endurance of the 15-18 are diminishing as their habit of communication is getting more and more advance.

Unfortunately, their communication skill and content did not improve but rather succumbed to triviality. Since gossip is human's way of bonding, with the advancement in email, sms, msn and cell phone are the essentials in a teenage life, every bit of gossip and news is spread within seconds. This somewhat leads to the growth and flourishing of gossip mags, rumour spreading and bad mouthing all over the world.

At a vulnerable and innocent age, this easy access technology is not necessarily a good one.

Finally, after much persuasion and talk and consolidation, my sister said she would think about writing an email to the girl and apologise to her but not speak to her in person.

This goes to show that actual human contact has been overlooked and underdone, more and more trash is being trafficked in seconds, the same time learning to be an adult is harder by the minute, while sorry still seems to be the hardest word.