YoungAction for YouropeVision
Future of a Society,Youngsters
Young People
In the Global Area
The biggest responsibility in the global arena is
young people. We know that the world is in a
continuous development. Today's young people will
guide humanity in many aspects of economic,
cultural and political issues. And so young people
must already be able to recognize their identity,
express themselves and be brave in defending their
thoughts.
Now everyone is intertwined in the
world. Continuously, countries interact and
communicate. And our global areas are constantly
growing in this way. In order to keep up with this,
our youth must educate themselves well. One of the
most important reasons of globalization is thought to
be the economy. Trade activities between countries
also bring globalization. Of course, since the
economy is largely related to technology, young
people should be aware of technological
developments and use it correctly. Countries that
want to contribute to globalization should teach their
youth culture, technology, economy and
communication and young people should develop
themselves on these concepts. Late ones, the voice
of the future, should be aware of the world.
Rana-Turkey
What answers will you get if you ask adults ''What are the
rights and responsibilities of young people?''. The answer
will probably be ''to go to school, to do homework, to read
book, to respect and love their family etc. These answers
are true of course, but insufficient. We shouldn't get just
these answers. But adults are also right in a way. The
reason why they give these answers is young people. If
you go out and ask some young people ''Do you defend
your rights?, do you save nature?,do you respect others
and their ideas?'' etc. Minority of the youngs will answer
honestly ''yes'' to these questions. I said honestly because
some of them may say ''yes I save the nature'' but a few
minutes later they throw garbage on the ground instead of
bin. I saw a lot of examples about that.The problem is this.
Youngs don't know their rights and responsibilities or they
pretend to know. How can we handle this? We can
conduct conferences in schools. Also families can tell to
their children. But just telling or speaking is not enough.
We have to tell them practically. But how? After speaking
about nature, we can plant trees; after speaking about
voting or participating in social events, we can vote in
school elections or make a speech about any topic in front
of the students in school.
Now I'm gonna count some of my rights and
responsibilities as a young citizen:
I have freedom to express my ideas; ı have right to vote; ı
have right to defend myself and my rights; ı have right to
choose my belief and religion; ı have right to use health
services; ı have right to study and go to school; ı have
freedom about art and science; ı have right to learn what
government does about my country and people; ı have
right to work in a job; ı have right to defend my culture
etc. have to obey rules; ı have to have a say in public as a
young for a good future; ı have to respect others and their
rights and ideas; ı have to oppose racism; ı have to use
public transport as much as possible, ı have to keep my
rubbish until ı find a rubbish bin, ı have to plant and water
trees to save the nature; ı have to warn people about
world's problems and their solutions; ı have to save
animals, plants and other living beings; ı have to know
that this planet is not only ours, we are not it's owner, we
have to love it, save it etc
We should take action as youngs. Young Action For
Yourope Vision, young action for all the world's vision.
Y. Kutay-Turkey
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