but, I ask you...would you trust your tank to the random dude walking down the hall of your school?
Honestly, no I wouldn't ... but would you trust some random person walking around the offices you work in with your fish?
I personally, found this topic quite offensive. I was expecting a thread about teenagers watching fish(looking at), not looking after fish. When I found out what it was actually about, I think it could have been put better. I don't see this as the mistake of the teenager, but the mistake of you and your grandparents ... surely you wouldn't leave your dog with a random person either, definatly not without telling them how to look after the fish properly. So either...
1. Your grandparents trusted this person, and turned out to be wrong
2. They didn't really bother looking for the right person to look after their fish
I know many teen fishkeepers who do look after fish properly, and I know many adults who have no clue about fish at all. I don't think this depends on age, but simply on the knowlegde the people have about fish.
If it's not too much trouble, can I ask you to please change the topic of this thread to something else that won't be taken offensive by more than 1 person?
Also, wasn't it a 'teenager' that looked after the fish, rather than 'teenagers' as you state in the topic.