Dear Queenie,
I go to a private school and I work really hard in school to please my parents. Many people think most of us are “pampered spoiled rich kids”, but we aren’t all like that!
Last year at a social event a couple of my female friends and I were polite to the volunteers passing out food. We said “please” and “thank you” to prove we aren’t rude or anything. One of my friends overheard them talking about us putting on an act just ’cause we’re “rich.”
I really can’t stand that people see us like that. I was really proud when one of us got recognition in Teen Times some years ago and they said how we try to find our place and that we aren’t just a bunch of rich kids.
Queenie, just like everybody else we have the exact same problems as them!—Like everybody else
Dear Like everybody else,
Well, maybe not quite the same problems. Your parents can afford to choose what school you go to and can afford to pay for private school.
And considering how many members of your age group are rude, uncouth, rebellious and even downright delinquent, I wouldn’t be so quick to claim to be “like everybody else” if I were you.
No matter what you do, someone will find a reason to criticise you. Don’t pay any attention to them, and try not to let what they say bother you. Remind yourself that it’s the empty heads that make the most noise.
Just concentrate on doing what you know to be right and I’m sure your parents, and the community in general, will be proud of you.
