Saturday, 24 March 2018

The Youth

Do youths express themselves more today than in the past?

16 comments:

  1. I am sure that youths express themselves more today than in the past for example than 20 years ago ! And this is probably due to the increasingly use of social media !
    In the past, when there were not any social media,  youths could only express themselves within their private network or within their family.     
    Today, every young can express himself through a social media !
    For this reason, the contents of youths message have probably changed. Indeed, it seems that youths utilise images and pictures rather than words to share their thoughts !
    I am wondering also if it is not easier to express our feelings now that before !
    Thanks to social media we are now able to share our thoughts on subjects which are difficult to talk about.         

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  2. Hello,
    I think this subject is quite interesting especially because it concerns us.
    I would like to say that I agree with Lea, social media has increased expression for teens because this platform, in a certain way, has taken a big part in today's world; Most people use it, post pictures of their everyday lives but also about what they think and whatever crosses their mind.
    However, this doesn't mean that they are listened to.

    To sum up, i think that teens have way more freedom regarding their opinion, but they are still not completely taken seriously or even acknowledged.

    Anne-rose AMAR T°s2

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  3. Hello everyone,

    Like Léa said, today, youths express themselves on social networks. Before, youths couldn’t do that because the Internet did not exist.

    Before, there were newspapers and television. Youths demonstrated on the streets for their rights, and their voices were not always heard by adults. Youths were sometimes denied, and people thought that young people were not smart enough to stand up for their rights and to do what they want for themselves.
    Now, youths also demonstrate for their rights, like they did on 24 March against weapons, but they also claim their liberty and equity on the Internet. It is a good way to be heard, because what you say can be viral really fast on social media.

    I think that youths express themselves the same way now than before, but it has an impact which is more important now, thanks to the Internet.

    Thelma D. 1S5

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    1. Hi everybody, I made a mistake : it is "liberty and equality" instead of "liberty and equity"

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  4. Hello,
    First it is important that with the time come the progress, and with the progress come more rights and liberty. Today people have more rights than before so they can express themselves more.
    Secondly, in the past internet was not developped, but now he is. So people can express themselves more.
    Ewan Lagain 1S5

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    1. Hello,
      I made some mistakes : it's "with the time come the progress" but "with time comes progress". I wrote "in the past internet..." it is "in the past THE internet was..." .
      Ewan Lagain 1S5

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    2. And my last mistake is : "now he is" it is not right, the correct form is : "it(internet) is".
      Ewan Lagain 1S5

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  5. Hello everyone!
    First of all in the past there was not as much means of communication than nowdays. There were the radio, the TV but not social networks and the Internet. Today young people can express themselves faster and more with social networks and Internet. Peraphs they have more freedom and more rights than before. Indeed, in the past and in politics we did not ask the opinion of young people. That's why there were protestations on May 68 : many students went in the streets to protest against laws. There was a slogan from politics which said : "be young and shut up". Moreover, nowdays youths have a great posibility to share their point of view even at school. Even if sometimes social networks are bad it can be a good way for youths to express themselves.
    Susie (123 words)

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    1. Hello I made some mistakes:
      It's not "there was not as many mean of communication than nowadays" but "there were not as many means of communication as nowadays" , it's "the Internet" and "social networks", it's not "on May 68" but "in May 68" and it's not "we did not ask the opinion of young people " but "we did not ask young people for their opinions ".
      Sorry for mistakes
      Goodbye

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  6. Hello
    I would like to say first of all that the youth of now is no longer the same as before.
    In the 1990s, young people did not have the same technologies, mentalities or freedoms. The young ones before do not dare to protest too much like us now. For example women's rights, now more and more women are fighting against this.
    Today young people are more free-spirited, more open, more expressive which helps us to express our opinions and to defend what is right or wrong.
    Sheila, 1ES1

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  7. Hello
    I made some mistake: Is" Today youths" and not " Youth now" and is " arefighting for this" not " are fighting against this".

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  8. Hey guys !
    What a interesting subject... As Patricia said, today youths dare more than before. Also, I'd like to point out that they have more capacities to express themselves. For example, they have different ways to share their ideas, on social networks or Internet.
    Then I think that they have more freedom nowadays, more rights as Susie said because in the past, young people opinion didn't really matter for the media, but now these are emerging more and more and to my mind, it's a very good progress for our society.

    Thao Pham, 1ere ES 3

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  9. Hello everyone,

    In my opinion, youths definitely express themselves more today than in the past.
    First of all, this is the result of a different type of education where parents encourage children to express their point of view about various subjects and they take it into consideration. Then, children take entirely part in family’s decisions. In the past, decisions were made exclusively by the parents, even if they concerned the children who just had to bear with them !
    Moreover, the development of social networks enabled youths to express themselves more easily. Indeed, young people keep posting pictures or comments on various social media all day long.
    In addition, it is easier for youths to express themselves because they use a lot of images and pictures rather than writing about their thoughts.
    To conclude, the development of social networks made it a lot easier for young people to express themselves and then to share thoughts within others.
    Emilie Dossios TS2

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  10. Hello everyone !
    This subject is very interesting because we are teenagers !
    I think like everyone said that nowadays teenagers express more their feelings. They are open to the world and they are connected between us. In fact, they use social networks to share pictures or their feelings like on Twitter where they talk with other people to share their point of view about everything and anything. Furthermore, some students and teenagers express their opinions about politics with demonstrations. In example, in 2016, many students protested against El Khomri law (labour law) to show their disagreement.
    To sum up, youths express themselves more today than in the past.

    Sarah Harek 1S5

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  11. Hello,

    To start with, I would like to say that the present generation is more powerful than before, in fact, the young generation didn't link through some war or any hard situations. Youths are possessing a high feeling of being surrounded by others. They are growing up together with the sensation they are fighting for the same cause with the same energy.

    However, I think the previous generations were expressing themselves with the same attitude except they didn't use an identical means of communication anymore. Nowadays I mean with social media when you do something like a speech including an idea to show your anger or to denounce something you don't agree with the entire world will be informed of what you have done and that could influence the minds of the people.

    To conclude, the new generation is more open-minded holds an advantage that she doesn't use healthiness all the time. That can change everything and increase the future.

    Elisabeth 1ES1

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