How Coolness Is Lost
Went to a youth event tonight at Sherwood Lake. It was fun, awesome, great, wonderful as is almost anytime I get to hang with teens.
Below is the actual conversation I had with a teen tonight who shall remain nameless…for now.
GE: So…if you had $15 to waste on either music or the movies, which would you choose? (Which by the way, is a great question that all youthworkers should have in their arsenal. In fact, you need about 5 questions in your back pocket so you can start and have a conversation with any teen.)
NS (Nameless Student to protect guilty): Hmmm. Have to be music.
GE: What songs or album would you buy?
NS: Hard question! I don’t really know.
GE: Okay, give me a couple of artists that you have the most of in your itunes.
NS: (Sticking the dagger in my heart) Well…I’m guessing that most of the stuff I like you’ve never heard of….like Dave Matthews Band.
GE: (Stunned in silence. I holler at Amy.) Do I really look that old with the goatee now? I mean, really? Dave Matthews Band? (I look back at NS who is now laughing very hard at me or with me, not sure.) Do you honestly think I live under a rock or something?
2 Responses to “How Coolness Is Lost”
Thanks for making me giggle this morning. I’m pretty sure my MOM has heard of Dave Matthews.
And I think you should divulge the name- I’m dying to find out if I know this person.
And obviously he/she does think you live under a rock and are WAY too old to be relating to “his/her” music…….Wonder what that says about your gray-haired friend!