My first day of the secondary school I knew my English teacher: she came in classroom wearing a like-leopard dress and she didn't speach any Italian word: she explained the difference between a sheep and a caretaker in a very original way; after one hour I was in love with her...

The day after we had a more conventional lesson and we did learn the numbers from one to twenty: I remember she made us realize that all numbers from 13 to 19 are written in the same way: the words to say those numbers finish with "teen" and this is the root of the word teenager that means boy or girl who is 13-19 old. But the word teen is more than an information about the age: for example we can read the title "Smells like Teen Spirit", the first song of "Nevermind" (Nirvana, 1991), voted the best record of '90s by Spin readers (rock magazine, september 1999). This work is a summary of all the themes that we can title X generation troubles.

I don't want to write anything about young people; but I'm young and so I could have a lot of things to say... So I would like to invite you to send to me the lyrics of your favourite songs that make you feel united to millions of young people in the X generation troubles. They will be shown on my web pages.

Thank you.