Is it normal to hate youth theatre?

I love theatre. It's great way for the audience to establish a connection with the characters, to actually be metres away from them makes the whole experience so much more real.

The problem though is I don't like YOUTH theatre. You'll just have to believe me when I say that I've tried to be optimistic despite all the times I've wanted to cry in the bathroom, or slam my head on the desk.

I guess I was expecting something different to high school life, to find people that were passionate about story telling, about humanity itself. Except I find myself asking why the word 'theatre' is present in 'youth theatre group'. It's just a bunch of people sticking to their cliques and laughing at their wacky antics which I'm sure were f@#$ing hysterical if I was there, so school lunchtime.

My idea of acting was that it wasn't self indulgent, that even if your character was ugly and hated you would put your own ego aside. But these guys aren't comfortable with anything outside their own personality which sucks when you need the character to yell or fart (that may be due to physical limitations).

What also sucks is it's full of 'goofy' people but they don't have a filthy sense of humour and I suspect feminists*. If you've ever tried to sit in a room for 3 hours trying to get a sentence in amongst the waves of in-jokes then you've known my experience.

Is there anyone that actually hated youth theatre?

*Nothing against gender equality, just people with low regard for another gender and no sense of humour.