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«The Way Teenagers Live»

O. Kompanchenko, H. Moroz,
S. Belyaev, E. Efremoff,
S. Zaliev, D. Pyatakov.

Form 10

The Physical and Mathematical School of the SRSUES

What is the way teenagers live? There is a great number of answers to this question. Let us introduce the teenage lifestyle of our town.

We guess that most of young people are satisfied with their age. They have an opportunity to get education and are offered a wide range of spare-time activities. Moreover a lot of teenagers know how to entertain themselves. They even take part in the social life of Shakhty. Teenagers elected the members of the Youth Parliament. The young men of our age passed the tribune where the war veterans stood, and saluted them on the 8th of May.

We are the teenagers of this kind. But of course there are a lot of young people who smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs, have drunken drives and become teenage mothers. We suppose these teenagers need our help. It’s not easy to talk about the way teenagers live. Now we’d like to share our opinions on what it means to be young. The teenagers of Shakhty receive the representatives of different youth movements and guests from Germany and other countries.

Olesya Kompanchenko.

Olesya Kompanchenko. I like my teen’s life although adults say that it’s horrible. But they are deeply mistaken. And I will prove it. Young people like to read, watch TV, listen to music, they go in for sport and they like to help their parents. Teens often visit museums, theatres and libraries. A lot of adults think that social problems do not interest young people but teenagers often discuss them. There are many youth organizations helping people, who are in need. Of course, young people have personal, school, drinking and drugs problems. But every teenager try to help himself and other people. I think that teen’s life in spite of its advantages is very hard. I am sure that every adult have to respect complicated teen’s life.

Dmitriy Pyatakov.

Dmitriy Pyatakov. Is it easy to be young? I think no. Teenagers have difficult life, more difficult then it can be seemed and it seems to adults. Now teenagers of the world face many problems not only such global as smoking, alcohol, narcotism and AIDS, but also a lot of not less important problems. These dangers and others wait for teenagers already in the youth, at the stage of becoming of the person, that’s why to resist them is not easy. Today millions of teenagers smoke, drink alcohol and take drugs. What is the reason of such a phenomenon, why do teenagers do so? Certainly there is more than one reason for that. Problems at school, at home or with friends force teenagers to start drinking and smoking.

Sometimes it occurs rather spontaneously when the teenager takes a cigarette or a bottle of wine just to relax after his intense homework. Very often a teenager starts taking drugs because of the friends he communicates with and besides it begins with only one doze. Quite often teenagers just want to look like adults and hold a cigarette in their hands. Now many teenagers have sex experience, it is not surprising why such problem as AIDS disturbs the youth. The statistics confirm my words: 40 million teenagers of the world live in the street, daily in the USA 27 teenagers die from poverty, 6 teenagers commit suicide, 211 teenagers are arrested for taking drugs… Beyond a doubt, it is difficult to be young.

Sergey Belyaev.

Sergey Belyaev. I think it is interesting to be young. It is a very important period of the life. Many people think that teenagers’ possibilities are limited. But I don’t think so. A lot of ways are opened to them. Each teenager must form his life himself. Only you can choose your future profession and other important things in your life. I think that the main aim of modern teenagers is getting the good grades at school. Now a lot of dangers threaten teenagers. Alcohol, drugs, smoking and many other things can exert influence not only on their health and on their relatives’ health as well. I think that the best way to spend free time is to go in for sport. Sport is the useful alternative to bad habits. One more important side of teenagers’ life is communication with friends. It can help to relax after work or study. So it is easy to be young. If teenager believes in it then it becomes true.

Evgeniy Efremoff.

Evgeniy Efremoff. It’s said that the most beautiful period in our life is when we are teenagers. It’s true that teens don’t have to work, care about their families or have any duties. But they have many problems in fact. The main problem is smoking. Young people think that they look more mature when they hold a cigarette. The second problem of teenagers is school. School is very important for young people, but isn’t it possible to learn all the time, especially if every teacher considers his subject the most important one. The third problem is parents. They often give advice.

Helen Moroz.

Helen Moroz. Teen’s life is wonderful. But I think that it is as wonderful as adult’s life. Everybody says that more and more teens are turning to drugs and alcohol. But I can say it about adults. I agree that there is a lot of pressure to drink and smoke, but I’m free to decide what is good for me and nobody can make me do what I don’t want. I like to read books, watch TV and walk with my friends in my free time. Politics, anything serious… It’s not for me. Being a teenager is great fun. Take it easy.

Sergey Zaliev.

Sergey Zaliev. I think that it is not easy to be young. My parents and teachers (especially the teacher of English) want me to do too much… Parents do not allow me to drink beer with my friends and girlfriends, and I have a lot of homework. I can’t drive the car. I can’t take a heap of money or buy a Dobermann or a Bull-dog. But there are also good sides. I needn’t work because my family is all right. I enjoy being a teenager.

As you see while some teens mention only problems in growing up, we try to find the ways to cope with them. One of them is to pay more attention to the process of learning. It can be fascinating. We know it!

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