...TIMELESS YOUTH MINISTY [pic] A Paper Presented to Professor Geukgeuzian Liberty University [pic] In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for YOUT 301 [pic] by Brandon Smith Bgsmith1@liberty.edu 1 February 2015 Chapter 1 1. “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice.” (Page 3-4) • This statement really jumped out at me because it is so true. We as a nation have found ourselves just accepting to everything and anything that happens in our society we should just conform to and be okay with. I disagree with that because we should be teaching our youth the one and only truth. That Jesus died for us and that the only way to God the father is through him. 2. “In studying the Bible as a young man, I found intimations of the idea that forms of media favor particular kinds of content and therefore are capable of taking command of a culture.” (Page 9) • This quote really speaks to youth culture and even every in person in all walks of life. The Bible talks about certain things to stay away from and not let your mind conform to. Therefore as a youth pastor we should strive to teach our kids to stay close to the word and follow after Jesus and his guidance on our lives. Chapter 2 1. “Besides, we do not measure a culture by its output of undisguised trivialities but by what it claims as a significant...
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...There are a multitude of observations that can be made when analyzing the life of youth today, then of our parents in the 1960-70’s era. Economic and social transformations that have a direct impact on youth and how it is experienced today, particularly in the workplace, can be evaluated through the sociological concepts of Globalisation and Social Change which are noticeably intertwined in this analysis. We see in Australia that Globalisation has been a driver in exacerbating inequality in our society from that of the youth under the dependent age of 21 in the 1960-70’s era to now. Through the increase in worldly connectedness via technological communication and immigration we are met with diversity which has stimulated social change. Social...
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...Nationalism Dr. Jose Rizal became a national hero for a reason. He was a reformist, a novelist, a poet, a novelist, journalist, an optalmologist, and revolutionary. He sparked the 1896 revolution against the Spaniards. He gave importance to education, our freedom, promoting peace and equality, being proud of our filipino heritage, and many more. Although, while I was growing up, he was never one of my idols, or someone i really looked up to. I never really felt Rizal’s importance and presence in our culture. In fact, if not for this paper, the importance of Jose Rizal would have never crossed my mind. Dr. Jose Rizal was nothing more than another lesson to learn about in History to me. I knew he was many things, and contributed a lot of things to the country but all of these didn’t really mean that much to me. The Relevance of Rizal today, is something I have yet to discover in writing this paper. Growing up, I was in an environment highly influenced by the western culture. The school I was in, in my grade school years was a school where not many of the kids knew how to speak straight tagalog. We struggled with our Filipino classes and this resulted to really easy Filipino lessons because the teachers knew we were not very good at it. Looking back, I realize that the lessons we had in my grade school were extremely easy, compared to the ones they would have in other schools. We barely used Tagalog or Filipino at home. English was the first language taught to the children...
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... Though scholars have argued There is no straight forward definition of slung due to its socio linguistic complexity factors surrounding its use and formation. (Eble, 1996). Different definitions of slang have describe it either on a positive or negative way. (cited in Partridge 1935:2) defined slang as a highly colloquial type of language that are considered below the level of speech of those regarded to be educated. Slangs words are used with a high degree of informality and vocabulary richness. Slang is used by specific group of people characterized by the territory they come from, subculture or age. Slang comes in a variety of ways one notable ways is through the subculture. The society keeps on changing as well as slang use. Youths are mostly fond of using and creating slang, they do so to show their own identity. Slang is a linguistic variety that cannot be separated from the social surrounding of the users Classification of slangs Slang can be classified into two that is specific and general slang. Specific slang is a slang used by a particular members of a group with the main aim of showing respect to other members of the group. They are mainly used by people who are in the same age but identified by the factors such as social status ,age , education or similar occupation. While general slang refers to spoken words used to show lack of seriousness. It is mainly used to informally instead of clichés (Mattiello 2008:35, 39, 40). Like any other language...
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...Executive Summary In businesses today, diversity initiatives have emerged as a core component of many companies’ mission statements and driving human resource practices (Andrulis & Sanchdev, 2009). As companies expand globally, there is one corporation that has expanded in diversity globally. Starbuck’s is one of the largest coffee companies in America and a cross the world that is diverse culturally. So, how does Starbucks utilize its cultural intelligence to increase the awareness of diversity in the workplace? Is workplace diversity important to employees at Starbucks? Starbucks’ believe that to operate successfully in a global marketplace, embracing diversity in every aspect of their business is absolutely essential (www.starbucks.com). Diversity is something that brings everyone together, race, gender, religion, cultural background, experience etc… Diverse workplaces do the same as well, learning from one another and being able to work in an environment with different ethnicities. Diversity brings opportunities within the organization and the learning capability increase from the many cultures. By Starbucks being a global corporation, the company has to maintain their diversity not just for the workplace but also for the community. In this paper I will describe and explain the foundation of Starbucks Company, and how diversity is implemented in the workplace. I will also discuss how diversity is implemented in my work organization and my opinion of the importance...
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...theme of hip-hop culture prevalent within the film, foretelling the potential viewer that the film may include forms of expression like breaking, DJing, graffiti work, and MCing. A film like Straight Outta Compton is a perfect example of a “hip-hop...
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...Research Project ‘Does Hip-Hop have a negative influence on young people?’ Introduction This research project will explore the impact that hip-hop culture has on young people in society today. From examining current literature and conducting a quantitative study the project will aim to answer the question ‘does hip hop have a negative influence on young people?’ There has been lots of controversy surrounding this subject in recent years. Some say hip-hop is responsible for the rise in youth violence whilst others say hip-hop is just an accurate representation of a violent society. This paper will give an insight into what young people in the Teesside area who live and breathe this popular culture think. Action Plan Project Management Plan Research Project | | Timeline | Start | Finish | Weeks Needed | Task number | Task detail | | 1 | Agree Topic with supervisor | On-going | 2 | Literature review | 15/01/2015 | 05/02/2015 | 3 weeks | 3 | Decide on research design | 20/01/2015 | 27/01/2015 | 1 week | 4 | Develop Data Collection Tools | 06/02/2015 | 20/02/2015 | 2 weeks | 5 | Distribute/Conduct Data Collection Tools | 23/02/2015 | 02/03/2015 | 2 weeks | 6 | Collect and Analyse Data | 02/03/2015 | 16/03/2015 | 2 weeks | 7 | Draw conclusions | 16/03/2015 | 30/03/2015 | 2 weeks | 8 | Write Report | 20/03/2015 | 15/04/2015 | 3 weeks | Sources Both primary and secondary sources of research will be undertaken throughout this project. The...
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...Construction of Youth Culture Introduction The purpose of this paper is to address the role in which globalization plays in the social construction of youth cultures. The phenomenal impact of communication technology on youth culture has generated a continuous debate since the 1970’s (Andrew, 2003, p. 1). The emergence of youth culture was a result of consumer market, which created diverse styles for young people worldwide (Grixti, 2008). Since the introduction of globalization, there has been a dramatic change in youth culture causing a greater shift within societies. As globalization rapidly changes, the world becomes more complex place for young people (Bourn, 2008). Therefore, a significant number of youth globally are having difficulties identifying themselves and finding their sense of belonging in this world (Bourn, 2008). Sociologist has provided strong evidence that globalization on youth culture has not only contributed positively to society but also have negative impact on the current global youth (Kahn & Kellner, 2002). To outline the aforementioned statement, the scope of this essay will confine on youth culture and the influential paradigm that contour youth cultural globally. The theoretical perspective such as post-modernism will be explored to provide a depth understanding of cultural studies. Altogether, this discussion examines the impact of globalization on communication technology and music and fashion industry of youth culture by observing different...
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...very big part of our lives today, especially for the youth. It is even used as a type of therapy to help the pathways of the brain heal from stress and traumas. However, not a lot of people realize how bad some of today's music is and the negative impacts it has on today's youth. It alters behaviors and neuronal pathways, holds no regard for who it offends, and promotes violence as it shapes today's culture. For some cities and ethnic groups, music pretty much...
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...black film and the emergence of a subsequent hip-hop visual markers have posited African-American kaleidoscopes of a view into aspects of the so-called ‘black experience’ in social terms. Music and song scores in film today – across the board – are replete with hip-hop representations. Munby maintains that the “low-budget” characteristics of Rudy Ray Moore’s effort to appeal to black audiences in the pre-1980s, given his “irreverent attitude to the laws that govern mainstream moviemaking” had failed to measure up to what hegemonic society deemed as ‘good’ black film (204). Yet, three key areas of discourse of hip-hop influences in cinema persist around the culture of...
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...website, “Youth’ is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to the independence of adulthood and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community.” Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. This statement alone tells us about how complex the term “youth” is since, as we all know, there are infinite differences and varieties between an individual from another individual, a group from another group, and an entire culture from another culture. But generally speaking, there are numerous ways on how to determine people from the youth today and to later find out that these observations are very much lucid and manifested. There are many possibilities as to how to determine the differences between the youth nowadays and the youth before. Stating the main characteristics of today’s generation alone is enough to make a comparison from then. These personal characteristics may be further categorized into four main divisions: Physical, Social, Emotional and Intellectual. Physically, we can see how fashion drastically changes from time to time. As compared to before, the youth today have clothing which tends to be a whole lot showier and less conservative, most especially to girls. Also, they are more likely to be concerned about bodily image than the youth before. And unfortunately, most of them have bad diet and sleep habits and, as a result, low energy levels that may affect their daily performances. Socially, the youth engage into...
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...ILLITERACY A CHALLENGING PROBLEM IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. CHE DIVINE AFOH STRAYER UNIVERSITY PROFFESSOR; AUDREY. L. VAUGHAN AUGUST 16TH 2015. Even though we search how to solve the problems of illiteracy, illiteracy is a serious problem in pour society today because illiteracy causes high rate of unemployment, high crime rates, health issues and loss of talents inbuilt in our youths leading to low self-esteem. Illiteracy is a pressing concern especially for poor countries, it affects all other aspects of life and personal behavior of the uneducated one. There are several causes which may lead someone to be uneducated or to escape from school. In this essay I will discuss some causes of illiteracy and its effects on our society, and how we can treat it. Illiteracy is a global problem we are facing in our society today of which it greatly affects all our day to day life activities. I will first start with the problem unemployment in which one of the reasons for this is the high illiteracy level in our society. Unemployment is a situation where youths and the general population are unable to get jobs to meet up with their day to day responsibilities and bills. When people are not able to read and write...
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...employment potential of Nigerian youth in the Nation’s universities (Dada, Fayomi &...
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...Flappers Flappers are closely related to today’s youth. Society is critical, and disrespectful, and the youth has always faced these problems. Things like, fashion music, and entertainment drive criticism. Fashion, music, and entertainment evolve through the youth, and provides change. Overtime the music, fashion, and entertainment become part of popular culture, and are accepted. Change is worrisome, and always brings criticism. Fashion changes over time. The fashion of the 1920s is different than the fashion of the 2000s. Fashion in the 1920s involved long dresses, suits, and formal clothing. Now, the fashion is jeans, and name brand apparel. Though fashion has changed, the reaction hasn’t. Parents will always criticize...
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...its influence on the youth population. I examined James A. Mathisen’s (1990) sociological article about Gil Dodds establishing Muscular Christianity as a norm in culture. Muscular Christianity has been through different stages during the late 1700s through 1900s. Each stage was influenced by very important men who helped contribute fundamentalist idealisms in their time. His case study analyzed the involvements of Thomas Arnold, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Hughes, Charles Studd, Bud Schaeffer and Gil Dodds. Each of these men had different interpretations of muscular Christianity based off of their backgrounds. Mathisen compared each interpretation and created a timeline of contributions to the rise of modern day religious sport culture. Past to Present: The Influence of “Muscular Christianity” Muscular Christianity is a religious connection of Christianity to physical well-being. Many organizations today are influenced by this modern day form of Christianity. The YMCA an organization we are all familiar with is a prime example of combining religious values with healthy living. The YMCA’s mission incorporates values such as honesty, responsibility, and caring. They focus on youth development and physical health. Youth ministries are included in their programs for youth. The YMCA is an organization founded from the past contributions of the individuals Mathisen listed in his article. The organizations like this one have such positive effects on our youth. They provide safe and...
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