Youth Culture Of Today

 

Youth Culture Of Today

 

             I am pessimistic about youth culture today. Todays youth have all the wrong values and their actions can speak louder than their words. Youth today careless about school and their education. I see many people  I use to go to high school with working full time jobs and not going to school. When I asked most of them why they didn't go back to school their answered shocked me. They told me they wanted to buy brand name clothing and electronics. If they went to school than they can't buy what they want to buy. That is what I was told by my ex classmates. Youth of today are materialistic and think that success in life is having these materialistic possessions. Expensive watches and brand brand name clothing will not be things society will remember when you are no longer in this world.

 

Youth would rather go to work  full time to buy nicer things than to go to school and  get an education that would open more doors for them. Youth not going to school is a big problem for society. Youth are the new generation and as such going to school is a good example for the next generations who see this in action. Not going to school means less job opportunities and less chances of higher earnings. Some countries don't even have a proper learning institution. Here, in Canada youth are lucky they have choices between private or public schools. Youth still choose to do other things than to go to school. I find this careless and irresponsible on the youths part.

I sometimes see on the bus teenagers listening to rap music and wanting to live through the lyrics they listen to. These rap lyrics talk about selling drugs and making more money. These rap lyrics talk about how its okay too have more than 1 girl and degrade woman. Teenagers listening to this kind of music and wanting to live through these lyrics is a very negative choice.  I do believe social media and social networks influence the minds of youths today. I also believe it is the choice of the youths to make a choice and they can easily block out the social media in their mind if they wanted to. Its all a question of choices. I believe youth have all the wrong values today. Being materialistic and trying to live through lyrics of songs is not going too get the youth of today anywhere progressive in life.

 

Another choice youth make that is really bad is drugs. I pass by my old high school sometimes and  I see high school kids smoking marijuana right outside the school.

 

They have no respect for authority and are in plain sight consuming these illegal narcotics. Drugs is like slowly killing yourself. Drugs kill your brain cells and allow to have slower brain activity. We have a life and we don't know how many years we have left but taking drugs and making that life even shorter is no positive value youth of today have. These drugs are illegal if caught by authorities even a minor can have a criminal record. 

I have no hope in the youth of today because of their negative choices. Negative choices will not get anyone anywhere in life. It is up to the Youth of today to make a good  example for the youth of the next generation.

 

                                                                                     By Veerpal Raina