Values as a topic cannot be overemphasised, especially in the world today were we find that things have taken a downward turn as compared to 50 years ago. I had taken this topic during facilitation in a secondary school in the early part of February, which was so great asides the fact that I hadn’t gotten much sleep before hand. Values are a huge topic and should be passed across to our teens of today.
Nowadays, most of the teenage youths have probably gotten off on a wrong start about life where things like achievement, self discipline, responsibility, commitment, compassion, respect, true friendship, fairness, family relationship, personal growth and trust (which are just a few) are just words seen on the internet or dictionary once in a …show more content…
The problem is not that they are copying, it is rather whom or what they are copying. It is almost impossible for children to learn without imitation in my own opinion and this makes it very key who and what your teenager is surrounded by. A Little statistics I read said that most children who commit suicide with guns do this making use of their parents or guardians gun, the question I asked myself was why their parents have guns and why they are within the reach of the children. Another statistics on smoking was by NHI in a survey carried out in America, said only 2% of the population that took the survey smoke by personal choice, while the remaining 98% of the survey takers said they smoked because people around them smoked at some point, we can see how strong the power of influence …show more content…
1) I once learnt patience last year just by waiting an extra 11 seconds for the elevator at a bank. 2) I learnt that it is harder to climb up but easier to come down, while climbing the stairs of a 14 story building (Unfortunately for me there wasn’t electricity to power the elevator). 3) I learnt that it’s easier to fall when you are at the breaking point of success than when you are just starting out, I learnt this while climbing another stairs (lol!! I know I seem like I have a thing for stairs but I just usually take my climbing time to
Nowadays, most of the teenage youths have probably gotten off on a wrong start about life where things like achievement, self discipline, responsibility, commitment, compassion, respect, true friendship, fairness, family relationship, personal growth and trust (which are just a few) are just words seen on the internet or dictionary once in a …show more content…
The problem is not that they are copying, it is rather whom or what they are copying. It is almost impossible for children to learn without imitation in my own opinion and this makes it very key who and what your teenager is surrounded by. A Little statistics I read said that most children who commit suicide with guns do this making use of their parents or guardians gun, the question I asked myself was why their parents have guns and why they are within the reach of the children. Another statistics on smoking was by NHI in a survey carried out in America, said only 2% of the population that took the survey smoke by personal choice, while the remaining 98% of the survey takers said they smoked because people around them smoked at some point, we can see how strong the power of influence …show more content…
1) I once learnt patience last year just by waiting an extra 11 seconds for the elevator at a bank. 2) I learnt that it is harder to climb up but easier to come down, while climbing the stairs of a 14 story building (Unfortunately for me there wasn’t electricity to power the elevator). 3) I learnt that it’s easier to fall when you are at the breaking point of success than when you are just starting out, I learnt this while climbing another stairs (lol!! I know I seem like I have a thing for stairs but I just usually take my climbing time to