IS IT EASY TO BE YOUNG?IS IT EASY TO BE YOUNG?ReserchersReserchers: : Pokidysheva A.,Pokidysheva A.,

Uvarova T.Uvarova T. – – 88thth grade grade

TutorTutor: : Kurnikova L.N.Kurnikova L.N.

Lyceum, UvarovoLyceum, Uvarovo

Purpose:Purpose:

To find out what difficulties young To find out what difficulties young people have on their way to become people have on their way to become adults abroad and in our Lyceeadults abroad and in our Lycee

Tasks:Tasks:

to study different saucers on this to study different saucers on this topictopic

to interview students of our Lycee to interview students of our Lycee and find out their opinion about some and find out their opinion about some teen’s problemsteen’s problems

to summaries the statisticsto summaries the statistics to make some conclusions andto make some conclusions and to give some recommendationsto give some recommendations

Hypothesis:Hypothesis:

It is notIt is not easy to be easy to be youngyoung

Ways of research:Ways of research:

Studying different kinds of literature Studying different kinds of literature and the Internet sites;and the Internet sites;

Making up the diagrams, showing the Making up the diagrams, showing the results of interviewing students in results of interviewing students in Lycee;Lycee;

Illustrating the essay with diagrams, Illustrating the essay with diagrams, pictures and photos according to the pictures and photos according to the plot;plot;

Resources:Resources: Симоненко Н.В., Сафонова Л.Л. Симоненко Н.В., Сафонова Л.Л.

Интегрированный урок (английский язык и Интегрированный урок (английский язык и психология) по теме «психология) по теме «A Teenager and the A Teenager and the World around himWorld around him». ИЯШ, 1/2009». ИЯШ, 1/2009

Teenagers in Britain. Speak Out, 6/2005Teenagers in Britain. Speak Out, 6/2005 Bullying: facts and figures. Speak Out, 3/2008Bullying: facts and figures. Speak Out, 3/2008 When I was a teen. Speak Out, 5/2005When I was a teen. Speak Out, 5/2005 Teens and Technology. Speak Out, 6/2007Teens and Technology. Speak Out, 6/2007 Internet sites:Internet sites:

• http://lingustic.ruhttp://lingustic.ru• http://www.text.pp.ruhttp://www.text.pp.ru

ДворецкаяДворецкая ОО..ББ., ., КазырбаеваКазырбаева НН..ЮЮ. . ии дрдр. «New . «New Millennium English - 8». Millennium English - 8». ТИТУЛ, 2005, 175с.ТИТУЛ, 2005, 175с.

Деревянко Н.Н., Жаворонкова С.В. и др. Деревянко Н.Н., Жаворонкова С.В. и др. «New «New Millennium English - 7». Millennium English - 7». ТИТУЛТИТУЛ, 2004, 160, 2004, 160сс..

Гроза О.Л., Дворецкая О.Б. и др. Гроза О.Л., Дворецкая О.Б. и др. «New «New Millennium English - 10». Millennium English - 10». ТИТУЛТИТУЛ, 2009, 174, 2009, 174сс. .

Results of research:Results of research:

After all our interviews we realized After all our interviews we realized that our hypothesis – that our hypothesis – it is not easy it is not easy to be youngto be young – was – was truetrue. Even little . Even little problems can spoil your life, be a problems can spoil your life, be a reason of discomfort and depression. reason of discomfort and depression.

AGE DOESN’T MATTER…AGE DOESN’T MATTER…

Let’s speak about Let’s speak about teenagers’ problemsteenagers’ problems Youth is a rather Youth is a rather

strange period. strange period. Teenagers know that Teenagers know that they are on the way they are on the way to become adults. to become adults. But they usually stay But they usually stay alone with their alone with their thoughts because thoughts because nobody, even they nobody, even they themselves, themselves, understands what is understands what is happening around happening around them. And teens them. And teens make mistakes make mistakes which are more or which are more or less seriousless serious

Problems for discussion:Problems for discussion:

The problems The problems chosen by us are chosen by us are

leisure time of leisure time of teenagers, teenagers,

relations with relations with parents,parents,

mobile phones, mobile phones, bullying, bullying, school uniform school uniform body image, body image,

clothes and clothes and looks.looks.

SPENDING FREE SPENDING FREE TIMETIME Where is a problem Where is a problem

how teenagers how teenagers spend their free spend their free time? Our parents time? Our parents are sure that the are sure that the most teenagers’ most teenagers’ activities are simple activities are simple wasting time. Adults wasting time. Adults say that teenagers say that teenagers pay little attention pay little attention their studies. their studies. According to them According to them children prefer children prefer playing computer playing computer games to learning games to learning and reading. and reading.

SPENDING FREE TIME BY OUR SPENDING FREE TIME BY OUR STUDENTSSTUDENTS

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PARENTS ARE A PARENTS ARE A TEENS’ PROBLEMTEENS’ PROBLEM The most acute The most acute

problem for problem for teenagers and teenagers and parents is the parents is the latter’s confidence latter’s confidence that their child is that their child is their property and their property and they may dispose of they may dispose of his fate and his his fate and his personal affairs. personal affairs. Parents often try to Parents often try to implement in the implement in the children his dreams children his dreams and desiresand desires cultivate in them cultivate in them the qualities which the qualities which they haven’t they haven’t themselves but themselves but would like to have. would like to have.

PROBLEMS WITH PARENTSPROBLEMS WITH PARENTS

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MOBILE PHONESMOBILE PHONES

Children use mobile Children use mobile phones as a tool of text-phones as a tool of text-messaging, as alarm-messaging, as alarm-clocks, calculates, clocks, calculates, sending photos, playing sending photos, playing games and helping with games and helping with exam revision. Some exam revision. Some teens have admitted to teens have admitted to cheating on tests using cheating on tests using their phones! No wonder their phones! No wonder mobile phones are mobile phones are banned in many schools banned in many schools and universities. Some and universities. Some teens are very teens are very emotional speaking emotional speaking about their mobile about their mobile phones.phones.

OUR STUDENTSOUR STUDENTS AND AND MOBILE MOBILE PHONESPHONES

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BULLYINGBULLYINGThese are some ways These are some ways

young people have young people have described bullying:described bullying:

being ignored and left being ignored and left outout

being forced to hand being forced to hand over money or over money or possessionspossessions

having rumours spread having rumours spread about youabout you

being hit or attackedbeing hit or attacked being called names being called names being teasedbeing teased having your bag and having your bag and

other possessions taken other possessions taken and thrown aroundand thrown around

being attacked because being attacked because of your religious or of your religious or colourcolour

Celebrities were victims of bullying:Celebrities were victims of bullying:

Ozzy Osbourne

Michael Jackson

Bill Gates

John Lennon

Madonna

Pamela Anderson

How to stop bulliesHow to stop bullies??

You should:You should: Turn their Turn their

comments into a comments into a jokejoke

Be confident. Hold Be confident. Hold your head up and your head up and stand up straightstand up straight

Keep a diary about Keep a diary about your problemsyour problems

Change schoolsChange schools

You shouldn’t:You shouldn’t: Look at the bullyLook at the bully Bully the bullyBully the bully Think you are Think you are

worse than othersworse than others Walk aloneWalk alone Bring expensive Bring expensive

things or money to things or money to schoolschool

BULLYING BULLYING ANDAND OUR STUDENTS OUR STUDENTS

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SCHOOL UNIFORMSCHOOL UNIFORM Although a school Although a school

uniform has its uniform has its advantages, by advantages, by the time most the time most teenagers are 13 teenagers are 13 or 14 they are or 14 they are tired of wearing it. tired of wearing it. And shops sell so And shops sell so many elegant cool many elegant cool things! It provokes things! It provokes to change a school to change a school uniform and put uniform and put on something on something fashionable and fashionable and cool! cool!

ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL UNIFORMATTITUDE TO SCHOOL UNIFORM

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APPEARANCEAPPEARANCE

For a teenager For a teenager appearance is not a appearance is not a simple reflection in the simple reflection in the mirror. It is confidence mirror. It is confidence and sociability; it is the and sociability; it is the status in the group of status in the group of classmates. They often classmates. They often make experiments with make experiments with their appearance: dye their appearance: dye their hair, make different their hair, make different hair dresses, bright hair dresses, bright make-up, piercing. make-up, piercing.

WE AND OUR APPEARANCEWE AND OUR APPEARANCE

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IN CONCLUSION:IN CONCLUSION:

One of the conclusion we’ve made is One of the conclusion we’ve made is that we, teenagers, should be very that we, teenagers, should be very careful with our own life. We should careful with our own life. We should learn to be tolerant and understand learn to be tolerant and understand thoughts and troubles of other thoughts and troubles of other people – adults or teenagers. It people – adults or teenagers. It demands us to choose good over demands us to choose good over bad, positive attitude to life over bad, positive attitude to life over negative one. negative one. That is not easy but That is not easy but it is the only way to be a MAN!it is the only way to be a MAN!