Rural teens, life are cool too

sending us to visit his parents in the rural areas on most of our school holidays and has already planned that my sister and I will go again soon after schools close.
This is just so not cool as everything will be happening in H-Town in December and going to the rural areas is so geek-like.
Can you imagine, a whole two weeks of looking at cows? My dad says we need to understand the village life and spend sometime with our relatives there, but I think this is unfair. There are a lot of gigs, booties and other stuff that will be going down and I don’t want to miss out.
I work hard during the term and I think I deserve a chance to relax during the holidays. I am thinking of pretending to be sick just to avoid this gwash stuff.
Please help me come up with a plan to save my mojo.
Your dad is overdoing it. I think he should talk to you guys before just deciding something like this.
In the end, he will make you hate the village rather than love it. Why don’t you try talking to him about it? I don’t think you can avoid going altogether but maybe you can reach an understanding. That way you go for one week or something and you get a chance to go to some of the parties at least. — Tinei Mukiwa (18), New Tafara.
This one is easy my man. Since you will be writing your O-Level exams  next year, tell your dad that you need to start preparing now so you should attend extra lessons during the holidays.
He will listen to this because getting a good education is more important than staying in the rural areas. But if you win the argument, make sure that you really put in a lot of effort in your studies even if you do a couple of parties as well. At least you will have saved yourself two weeks in the smoke. — Greta Sewera (17), Damofalls.
There is nothing wrong with the rural areas and there are lost of teens there too.
I also visit my relatives during some holidays and it is not as bad as you make it sound. Of course, the life is tough without electricity and running water and the food is not what we are used to in town, but still, it is good to experience such things.
Your father has a good point on you getting to know your relatives and life away from the luxuries of the city. They are people as well and living in the rural areas does not make them less important than those in town. — Margaret Dhliwayo (19),  Mabvuku.
Your dad is so old fashioned and it is embarrassing. Things have changed and no one does the rural areas any more, unless you happen to live there of course. Life is about being in the right place at the right time, so if you miss out on some things while you are in ‘Nothingsville’, you will lose out. Tell your dad that things have changed and that now kids need to keep it real. — Conrad Veremu (15), Damofalls.