wat's happening?!!!

i was "enlightened" by my colleagues regarding what my students are actually smsing to each other nowadays, and my instant thought bubble, "OMG!!! wat's happening?! am i like that?! am i that bad?!"

actual fact is, I'm not that bad, i'm not like that, not nearly as crude, at least. Nevertheless, it doesn't make me any better, cos the intentions are the same.

I guess that was a reality check slapping right across my face cos, deep down, I know that such things are happening, but i never wanted to face it, i guess. When I hear about it, i try not to be judgemental, but when it happens right in front of my eyes, i cdn't take it. WHY? i donno... worse still, i have been believing that such is the norm, and the individual itself has to decide its own lifepath. Do i even believe in my own principles then? Does the fact that these are kids make them less viable for their own actions? i teach them to have their own values, but now i can't help but make it for them and insist that they follow... WHY??

Does the fact that these are students make the situation, or rather, my reaction thus? Or is it because they are MY students?
Is it age? It is race? Is it relations?

Or am I OMGing because of the mirror put in front of me?

The smses were crude but loving. or is it loving but crude? then , does the fact that i'm not as crude make me any better? or doesn't it???

~i'm teaching them but what is teaching?~