...It is very important that the people are made aware of this disease so that they save the lives of the people around them (Landy, 2010). Discussion Its been long since the first case of HIV was reported, and since then the medical professionals are seeking the cure of this disease, but have been unable to find one. This disease is one of the deadly diseases of which the cure has not been found yet. People who are suffering from this disease are in need of a cure that will help the person live, but unfortunately, the cure has not been found. There are many reasons for the spread of this disease. One of the most prominent reasons for the spread of this disease is the sexual intercourse at young age. Sexuality is becoming very common in countries at a young age. Teenagers are indulging in this activity, which is causing an increase in the spread of this disease. Youngsters who are involved in this activity are unaware of the health consequences sexuality can have on them. Apart from the other health issues, one major health issue is the spread of HIV. Sex is the most common form of spread of this issue; therefore, it is very important that youngsters are educated of this risk and should be made aware that HIV can be transferred in the sexual intercourse (Kniss, 2007). There are many ways to create awareness and avoid people from indulging in such activities. One way is organizing musical events. The musicians should take part in social...
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...The organization I chose volunteer for is the League of Women Voters of California. The league is an organization for both men and women that strives for participation in government. What sets them apart is their goal of encouraging people to make informed and educated decisions. The League of Women Voters is non-partisan and does not support any particular political part or candidate. When I contacted the local office I was told by Cheryl, the woman who oversaw my volunteering, that they needed a makeover for their brochure and flyer. This brochure was extremely outdated and needed a serious overhaul. In conjunction with a classmate, I redesigned the brochure to give it a more modern appearance making it more eye catching in hopes of creating more league memberships and provoking more donations. I would have to say this became my main goal of my volunteering experience. Although I was asked that the writing on the brochure went unchanged I wanted to do redesign the graphics and layout of the brochure to make is more interesting and readable. In a way I feel like the hard work I put into the brochure would strengthen and increase the growth of the league. The second piece I worked on with my classmate was the organizations flyer. The flyer was essentially of form that people could use to join the League of Women Voters or simply enclose a donation and at the same time give a little information about the group. In both the brochure and flyer color played an important...
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...special focus on young people is a crucial investment not only for today but also for the future. In the Caribbean, youth between the ages 10 and 24 comprise 28% of the overall population. Many of the social challenges in the Caribbean directly affect young people, and young people need to play a stronger role in finding the solutions to addressing these, areas such as HIV and AIDS, migration and youth violence. Youth in the Red Cross add value to the development of humanitarian action at the community level with regard to prevention, education and care of vulnerable groups. They represent a huge untapped resource. Red Cross in the Caribbean is currently undergoing a process of strengthening youth volunteering in the region by developing a better understanding of the emerging roles of young people in Caribbean National Societies and Overseas Branches to help support NSs/OSBs to meet the following Inter-American Objectives and the Framework for Action as it relates to youth: Objective 9: Promote leaders with clear strategic vision, encouraging and leading the internal changes and innovations needed to implement the Global Agenda. Objective 13: Promote active Red Cross youth and initiatives in favour of young people, ensuring effective participation in the institutional life of the National Societies. In their multiple role as contributors- and acknowledging their skills as innovators, inter-cultural ambassadors and peer-to-peer facilitators - young people are educated...
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...is educated older adults and parents, who are most likely to share the authors’ views. The authors implement a series of comparisons, which include statistics and descriptions, between the past and present generation of young adults to illustrate their position. However, though the authors make several valid points that are supported by solid evidence, the article falls short of being truly convincing due to its narrow views and assumptions. Statistics is a straightforward way to make a point, and the authors put it to good use in this article. They state that the “likelihood of 20-somethings” leaving their home state has “dropped well over 40 percent since the 1980s,” choosing instead to live at home. They even point out that bicycle sales have been following the same regression, linking this fact to their claim that young people are indeed “going nowhere.” They continue using data to prove the loss of vitality in young people, bringing up that the percentage of 18-year-olds getting their driver’s licenses—and thus gaining a newfound freedom—have fallen nearly 15% and suggesting that it is due to the increased use of the internet, which they claim delays the acquirement of driver’s licenses. They are building up a rather unpleasant picture of the modern young adult: he chooses to live at home, spends far too much time on the internet, and is resultantly limited in his opportunities. More important than the numbers the Buchholzes provide are where the numbers come from. The sources...
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...informed on political matters. Second, it would force young minds to begin thinking for themselves. Third, this is the world they will grow up in. Therefore, the voting age should be lowered to force young minds to start working, to be informed, and let them have a say in their life. To begin, every child should be informed on political matters. Even at this age, a child should understand both sides of the fence on an issue. Political matters are much more than just president. Young teenagers should have a say in school cuts, or community trash. In conclusion, every child’s voice should be heard, and considered in a voting situation. Secondly, it would help young minds think for themselves. This means they would develop better decision making skills that would help their intellectual growth. As a young teen you are very dependent on your parent’s choices, and becoming independent is important. By being able to vote, a child has more room to object on issues, the parents may not. So, being able to vote helps young people think for themselves, and grow in intellectual growth. Lastly, it will give them a say in their world. Even as a young person every choice also affects them. They will grow up in this world just like an 18 year old citizen. Having a choice in how their life will be is very important. Therefore, all 13 year old American citizens should have a say in their life. To recap, voting laws should allow people as young as 13 years old to voice their opinion. Because,...
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...On November 3, 1969, President Richard Nixon gave an address to the American public about the war in Vietnam. The President said in his address, “We have faced other crisis in our history and we have become stronger by rejecting the easy way out and taking the right way in meeting our challenges. Our greatness as a nation has been our capacity to do what has to be done when we knew our course was right” (Nixon). Richard Nixon does not agree with the protestors when they say that they want to lose the war in order to bring the marines home. He respects their idealism and believes that he will eventually succeed in a plan for peace. However, he wants to end the war in a way which will increase the chance of not having to fight another war in the next generation. He believes that the American people have enough courage and stamina to prevail. Lindsay Walters, a White house deputy press secretary, said in a statement for March for Our Lives that, “We applaud the many courageous young Americans exercising their First Amendment rights today. Keeping our children safe is a top priority of the President's, which is why he urged Congress to pass the Fix NICS and STOP School Violence Acts, and signed them into law” (Walters). Keeping children safe is a top priority for President...
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...goals are the same which they are for the benefits of youths. Youth work should have an impact on young people’s lives via processes of developments, enjoyments, taking parts voluntary, with relevant learnings based on young people’s expressed needs and interests. The work with young people is very challenging because they are apprentice adults, on the verge of a new life and the workers are the trainer teaching them the skills needed to become qualified adults or fully functioning. For me, I work with immigrant youth and their families. The major goal is to help them adjust to America’s life. The paths to the goals are so difficult for us and for them because they didn’t come to this country by choice but they were obligated by their families whom are escaping from wars. By transitioning from country to another, this generation has faced many pressures, has experience discomforting confusion, disquieting irritations and perplexities. We find the adjustment to be difficult socially and economically. They have to be engaged into a new world including new friends, new neighbors, new schools, new languages and new environments. They had to flee to another country to refuge while waiting for the welcoming approval by the US. Some families they had waited for years before they came to America. They waited between five and nine. I will describe my work and the dilemmas I faced with young people over the span of last week. Because the youth and their families whom I work with live in...
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...Jack Paul The 60’s was an entirely separate decade consisting of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The country had completely altered its ways of life, and young people everywhere were drastically changing. The drug craze of the 60’s was something that was never seen before in America, and it created a totally different culture of people. The United States experienced a time where people were out of control and not conforming to societies usual ways. The mentality of those in the country changed drastically. The Vietnam War created upheaval throughout college campuses and young people across the country. People appeared to be living in the moment, and not thinking about the next step in life. Joan Didion writes, “The center was not holding. It was a country of bankruptcy notices and public auctions announcements and commonplace reports of casual killings and misplaced children and abandoned homes…”(84) The economy was in a good state and it didn’t make much sense why the country was in this state of turmoil. Something was in the air; the culture changed. Teenagers were looking for a change in their lives and California was the place to go. California had this aura that portrayed both rebellion and excitement. Abandoned children and rebellious teenagers constantly flocked to different parts of California to experience some of this excitement everyone had been talking about. LSD and marijuana took over the scene; people were constantly living in an alternate state...
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...“Advice to Youth” By Mark Twain Being told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth--something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. Very well. I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young; for it is in one’s tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable. First, then. I will say to you my young friends--and I say it beseechingly, urgingly-- Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don’t, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition than you can by acting on your own better judgment. Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any, also to strangers, and sometimes to others. If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. That will be sufficient. If you shall find that he had not intended any offense, come out frankly and confess yourself in the wrong when you struck him; acknowledge it like a man and say you didn’t mean to. Yes, always avoid violence; in this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined. Go to bed early, get...
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...legal way. Trying to understand why children kill has come to be a disturbing process. It seems that the youth of today have far more resources, and avenues to obtain a gun than the youth of the past. A study was conducted by Author Richard Tremblay, and some of his findings suggested that “Longitudinal studies of large samples of children from infancy to adulthood indicate that the peak age for physical aggression is between the end of the second and the end of the fourth year after birth. Fortunately, because of their size, physical aggression from two-year-olds does not constitute a major threat to the public in general.” (Richard Tremblay, 2007). Many youths have been subjected to harsh and in some cases life altering abuse as a young child. Being raised in a physical and mentally abused environment a child has raised the questions about just what type of affects this takes on the child(ren), and adults. There are so many factors that can contribute to why that a child is being abused. These problems can stem from poor living conditions, low income family, and...
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...both nations' emergence into the global market, the reality is that young people are using their consumer power as purchasers of material goods in an intense manner. The youth market is seeking some type of identity. One can find that young people in both nations are looking for individual expression and the ability to live a life that is in accordance with their own notions of the good and not something that is externally dictated to them. “Status and luxury are important goals for China’s consumers, especially for the youth” (Forbes, 2011). While many companies are struggling in China, some have found a path to success. An consulting company in China uses its strengths of networking and social media to successfully navigate the complexities of China’s youth. While the youth market is a difficult target, the Chinese youth market poses additional challenges for companies attempting to enter China. An important segment, Chinese youths have both the desire and means to spend. Disposable income is growing for younger and urban households, and the younger Chinese tend to spend more than save. With rising income levels, the youth are able to afford more diverse and discerning tastes in their purchases. “The Chinese youth are interested in expressing their identity through personal choice. This desire to separate and differentiate makes the youth market a broad and diverse demographic” (Fobes, 2011).For young people in both nations, being mindful of how products reflect their own...
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...Social Media and Psychological Well-being of Young Americans Part One Since the introduction of social media in America it has been growing substantially in popularity among users of all ages, specifically young generations of Americans (Ferris and Stein, 2014, pg. 29). Technology continues to advance and become a more prevalent part of our society and social media has continued growing in popularity alongside technology. New sites and apps are being introduced regularly and with social media now being available on smart phones there is a growing dependency seen among young Americans to constantly have access to social media accounts. Social media is available at our fingertips any second of the day as long as our smartphone is within reach....
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...On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. America, which up to this point was just a bystander, suddenly turned into the epicenter of one of the bloodiest wars in the history of mankind. Four years of the war mobilized over 16 million Americans. However, straight away there were serious problems revealed that could cast doubt on the combat readiness of the American army: half of all conscripts were found unfit for military service because they did not weigh enough. Millions of young Americans were too emaciated to fight. They all were children of the Great Depression; their childhood and youth fell in the hard years of a lack of food. The 1930’s were the hardest time for the country. People had no job, no money to buy their meals. On...
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...Theories CJS/240 Sunday Septemeber11th, 2011 Individual Theories There are so many reason why young people commit crimes in today’s society whereas others strive to excel. Many of these reasons tend to vary depending on the home that the youth grew up in or around, or even how smart or challenged the youth is, however; all of these factors are caused by different settings , and consequences or punishments need to be put into place to keep the youth from becoming a criminal. Just because a youth has grown up in poor situations or circumstances there is no reason for the youth to become a criminal because of their history. There are so many theories that are put into place to fit each reason or excuse that a young person gives as to why a crime or criminal act is attempted or committed. According to the routine activities theory a young person will commit a crime if they know that the opportunity is there. A teen might be aware that there is a home that is easy to get into because there are not police officers around, and it would be a way for them to obtain some cash since they are broke and need to come up with money quick. The idea of this theory is that since a teenager realizes that his or her needs fit the opportunity that has become available to them that they will commit the crime. I seriously believe that this theory has completely forgot that just because a young person does not have a lot of supervision, and could have some poor initial morals, that they see the...
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...APPRECIATION One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview the director called for the last interview and made a lasting decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none" The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked "Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. The director asked," Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth...
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