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Question:
The opposition team in a debate on the topic: “Young people today are
so fortunate.” Is this true?
Teacher’s Comment:
Good range of examples and content. However, some points need to
be further elaborated (the point on education in developed nations),
otherwise, it may seem irrelevant.
Marks: 7/10
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Context: Today.
Speedy.
Competitive.
IT savvy.
Space-shrinking technologies.
Environmental problems.
Example: The suicide rate climbed 18% from 2003 to 2004 for Americans under age 20,
from, 1737 deaths to 1985. Most suicides occurred in older teens, according to the data –
the most current to date from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Influence of Technology
• Young people have a great attachment to the Internet, computers and mobile
phones
• Technology allows young people to remain connected and learn themselves
through such technologies like the internet
• But young people will move away from the real life and lesser interaction
between children with their parents.
• Exposed to undesirable materials containing sex and violence from websites and
television.
• Long term exposure to these materials may be of negative influence to their
impressionable youth who lack the maturity and discernment to distinguish the
right from the wrong.
Example: In UK, 29% of young people said they had committed at least one act of anti-
social behaviour in the previous year.
Example: 115 million children are not in school – 56% of them are girls and 94% live in
developing countries. 133 people cannot read or write. And only 37 of 155 developing
countries have achieved universal primary school completion.
• In the past, young people have more free time to pursue their dreams.
• However, now, young people are restricted
• They must complete a certain amount of years on compulsory education resulting
in lesser time to pursue their dreams.
• No human rights, 1/5 of our life is fixed.
Example: Newton only compelete his primary school that is why he have the free time to
sit below the apple tree and think earth have gravity ; Beethoven started to play piano
when he was five and he even never attend primary school , but he still become one of
the greatest musician