Reel Works: No Cinderella Story

This past Monday, while we watched the short movie "No Cinderella Story," I felt upset. Even though I know not all teenagers are like the group of teens from this short film, it pains me to think that there are teens out there like that. What's worse it that what they say, about there being no Cinderella story, is kind of true. While growing up, I remember the word "love" being thrown around like crazy between boyfriends and girlfriends, and them breaking up not even a week later. I remember the first time I heard a one of my friends say she loved someone, and it was in 2nd grade. Needless to say, they are not dating anymore. Although I say this, I know that there are couples out there that do not do these things, and that actually love each other. It is just that couples nowadays it seems are more focused on the physical part of the relationship rather than the emotional part. I especially remember this when someone I know thought he loved a girl and all they really did was make out. As soon as they began dating, my friends and I rarely saw him until he came to his senses and broke up with her after realizing he was just suffering from lust and not love. Even to this day, he regrets his going out with her. I believe that a lot of teens are like this. Many of them think they love someone but instead it's just lust or a sexual desire. As could be seen from the teens in this film, many of them seemed to regret their choices and how much romance lacks in people now. As I said earlier, not everyone is like this, it was just pretty common to see back where I grew up.

As for the excuse of "there's nothing to do," I must say that that is complete bull. I can get bored all the time, ask my friends, but I've never just ran outside, grabbed a stranger who looked hot and proceeded to ask him to go have sex. If you're bored, find something to do, it's not that hard. My friends and I for example would play video games. If I'm by myself, I read. See, not that hard. I understand that if your parents got divorced that you'd have a problem with trusting a member of the opposite sex, but don't go blaming it on boredom. Even though I feel like I should feel sorry for these kids, I can't help but think that it's their fault that they let this happen. They recognize what they're doing is wrong, yet they continue to do it; I can't feel sorry for them because of that.