I think face of the youth today is dark. Many people live in darkness. Even though they look happy, actuallythey are not. We always live in our own thought. And many people are mature becauseof the developing society. Eventhough at ayoung age, they already could encounter vices like drinking, smoking and using drugs. It not only happens in the Philippines but all over the world;the youth are just the same. I think it’s because of stress and problems. The problems could be because of family, school, study, friends and social image. We always have many problems but some people don’t know how to solve those problems. We could share them with others and ask for help but it’s difficult for us because we worry that it will give us more problems. I have an example of it.
She was on the list of Forbe’s of the 100 most powerful people in 2013. She is Oprah Winfrey, well known for the Oprah Winfrey Show. But before all the popularity and fame, she had a very difficult past. When she was nine, she was raped by her cousin. At that time, young Oprah did not know what to do. When she was fourteen, she got pregnant and had a premature birth. The baby died two weeks later. In her twenties, she started using drugs. She was so lonely and needed a friend to share her difficulties, but she could not ask anyone for help. Because she was worried that she will have more problems and she is a strong person. Some people do that because they think that it is better to keep their problems to themselves rather than finding someone to tell their problems. That is why they find alternative things to do such as drinking, smoking, using drugs and other bad habits.
Nowadays many people tend to have lives like her. So we need to prevent that and guide thosewho have difficulties. Actually it was needed from long time ago, but not yet late. Still we have the chance for change.We have many ways. First, we need to strengthen humanistic education. We need to learn how to emerge from is isolation and share heart with people. And the country should protect us from bad things because we are still very young. Like in Korea, young age people can’t buy alcoholic drink or cigarette anywhere. But I know that here in Philippines we can buy those things very easily. So I think we should tighten our law about minors buying alcoholic drinks and smoking. I have a friend. He smokes all the time when he is not in school. He smokes simultaneously. Why? Because he is always stress out. But he doesn’t know how to solve the stress problem. For our youth today we need to change. We should start change from today. And we need more idea of solving those problems. I hope our youth’s face can change to bright.