While I was
looking for news or something interesting to talk about in my blog’s new entry
I found the news of the tragic incident at the party called Proyecto XXX. In
this party, there were all kinds of excesses and ended up with a dead teenager
and dozens injured. I thought it was an important issue to share and discuss.
So I started looking for information about the topic in different online
newspapers and social media networks. After a while of reading and collecting
data, I began to notice that in the comments section of the different web pages
I visited, a particular phrase was repeated many times. The phrase was
"youth is lost". This is a phrase we have heard many times and I am
sure that while reading this the image of your grandparents or
your parents saying just that came to your mind.
At that moment
I decided to change the topic because I do not think the youth is lost. So, I
began my search again, but this time for news of teenagers performing actions
worthy of imitation. I found a story about a group of high school students inTandil, Córdoba. Students in the 7th year from Technical School No. 2
"Felipe Senillosa" of Tandil will graduate as electromechanical
technicians and as their graduation trip, they will fix schools within the
country. It is a project that has been ongoing since 2015. Students look for a
school that needs repairs and travel to the place. They do electrical repairs
and welding among other things. In that way hey help needy schools in the
country.
I kept looking
and I found another news, a little old, but I thought worth sharing. The news
is also related to teenagers in the last year of high school. But this time, in
the city of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, US. These 41 students from ProfileJunior-Senior High School voted unanimously to put aside their graduation trip
and donated the money they had collected to the school's principal. They heard
the news that the principal, Courtney Vashaw, had been diagnosed with cancer
and decided they wanted to help. Miss Vashaw had always taught them to be
compassionate, caring and community minded and they learned the lesson well.
They're going to take a trip closer to where they live, but they do not care
because they know that in this way they could help their beloved principal.
These two
stories are just a small sample of what young people are capable of. Day by day
thousands of teenagers are not news but are doing productive things and
contribute to society. But the media's rating is achieved with tragedies rather
than with acts of kindness. Is the youth lost? I certainly do not think so.
There may be some rotten apples, but surely they are the minority.
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ResponderEliminarSuch an amazing way of portraying a different reality! I think as you that not all is lost. Society have to pay more attention to the things which are productive for society and the world and make them be known for other people so as to set some example of what younger can also do. I think that it is of paramount importance for adolescent to have a model to follow, in the case of these students they have a teacher, but it can be perfectly any other person. That is what makes the difference, the think that these young people are seeing a different model, a different reality and understanding that the change is possible and it is in our hands. We have to stop stereotyping these younger and give them the possibility to demonstrate that they have the capacity to do a lot of amazing things not only for society, but also for them.
ResponderEliminarI agree with you when saying that youth is not lost. Sometimes, we are used to listening and watching teenagers misbehaviour and crimes, but we do not even bother to look or show their good actions. Personally, I think that media and society should focus on this kind of charity action from teens because it shows that young people have morals and values and that youth is not lost after all. Not only could they be a model or an example for their pairs or the youngsters to follow, but also society.
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