“Tonight, We are young, So let's
set the world on fire, We can burn brighter than the sun” the rhyme of the song
that kept playing in the mind of teenagers, with their ear buds tuned with the
highest volume and it is not impossible to shock a person until he or she jumps
off from the couch after hearing with those loud sounds, and perhaps they
should forget the idea to set the world on fire. Well, teenagers might be
enemies for some people or a certain group but they should always remember that
the country wants them. Malaysia needs the power of youth in order to continue
the development of the country and also bringing brighter future in years to
come. Youngsters are the most valuable asset to country; they are the ones who
are going to continue the legacy with their ideas and creative innovations. An
organization must be built to gather the youngsters to contribute their ideas
and speak their minds; the place where the youth could make wonderful plans for
brighter future and make it comes to life. Everything starts with the man in
the mirror before taking big steps ahead and that would be me. If I were given the
funding and resources to set up a new youth-based civil .society action group
to influence public policy on a pressing issue affecting youth, I would
definitely form the Youngsters Power Society to help.
The youngsters these days are not
aware with their environment; they are sinking into the world of fun and
enjoyment, with the increase rate of social problem cases and how far their
minds being poisoned by bad influences that mostly comes from the west. If this
situation keeps going, then who would run the country? Who would be the Prime
Minister? Would you imagine if our country ruled by a person whose hairdos like
a “Mohawk” tribe and even have tattoos and piercings all over, the so called
“Fashion World” seems to be turning backwards! Enough with fashion, let us start
discussing with the real situation here.Would you want to be ruled by someone
who looks like this? I bet the answer must be the capital N and O which spells
for NO!
Picture
is the courtesy of Kelly Ficarelli
I could not let this happen and so
those other people because everyone holds a responsibility to serve the country
and every small step taken could bring a big impact to curb this problem.
Although some people may come up with this “Oh come on they are just kids, what
do kids know?” and even this “Just let them be, they’ll grow up sooner or
later? Ignorance would not do any help and always remember that “Action speaks
louder than words.”
First of all, the Youngsters Power
society will start championing on improving our country’s education. Education
begins at home where parents teach their children about manners and ethics.
What they learn in school, it is a whole different story. Do you remember the day you first carried your backpack? Where you
learn the ABCs and sing. As far as I can see that most kindergartens syllabus
in Malaysia are not that “building”, what I am trying to say is, instead of
teaching children how to sing “London Bridge is Falling Down”, it is better to
teach them “Malaysia’s Buildings are Going Up” with not only teaching these kindergarteners
to sing but also teach them with skills such as social skills, physical skills,
aesthetic skills, interactive skill and much more. As the PERMATA program that
is found by Yang Amat Berbahagia,Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor is a great way
to expose young children to education in a whole new different way as the
program is adapted in Malaysia in order to make Malaysian children think differently just like the children from
other countries .
This program would be more efficient with the
help of youth by bringing education to be more interesting with 3D special
effects and graphics because most children are easily bored with books unlike
the children in those days where books were hard to find. Sometimes things
change according to time. These days children need something more attractive to
them so they can learn better. Applying HOTS in schools should be a compulsory,
I know, most people would imagine the sun shone brightly up in the sky but it
is actually the short for Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) that requires
children to think outside the box. They need to learn how to think critically
so that they can be fast learners. Why am I focusing on young children?
Everything starts from the bottom and it is parallel to a Malay proverb ‘Nak
meluntur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya.’
Second is, health is wealth, the
obesity problem that occur among youngsters has become the biggest worry among
the society, the citizen, parents and probably the whole universe! The increase
rate of diabetic patients is very critical. According to WHO, World Health
Organization survey in 2010 stated that Malaysia is the sixth country in Asia
with the highest adult obesity rate. In 2008, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
(UKM) made a research showing an increase rate of obesity 0f 30% in the six
until 12 years old age group. To curb this problem, hospitals and clinics
should work together with the Youngsters Power society to fight obesity by
doing campaigns and free weight loss consultation to students and even to the
public. ”Prevention is better than cure” because obesity also influences other
diseases such diabetes, heart problems and also high blood pressure which the
most common diseases that runs in the blood of Malaysians nowadays. Health
tours in schools should be organized to make the students realize about the
importance of living in a healthy environment and only consume healthy food.
Third is, the social problems that
occur among teenagers in the country has led to destruction of moral values and
also the increase rate of baby dumping, drugs and crimes gone worst day by day.
The Youngsters Power Society will lend a hand to reduce this problem with
taking unemployed youngsters as youth activist to help giving seminars in
schools and even colleges because most of the problems occur due to peer
pressure and also lack of religious education. Parents and teachers do not have
enough hands and eyes to monitor their children and students not to forget that
this problem is also can be out of hand. So by making them realize about the
bright side of the world with seminars and exposing them with the opportunities
that they could get if they avoid to involve with immoral activities would have
a done a big help to curb this problem. Thus, by taking unemployed youngsters
as youth activist will also contribute to the country by reducing the rate of
unemployed citizen.
Everybody has the power to change, and
even though some of the youngsters out there who cause no problems at all, it
does not mean that you can sleep around or just ignore what happens around you.
Get up and make a contribution and you should not end up like this.
Would
you parents be proud?
Source:
Picture retrieved from Gagful.com
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