teen issues by meihua

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Summary;

Teenagers who are often engage in social media till the late night are often suffering from social media effects.These social media effects include depression and increasing anxiety. Studies have shown that girls are more affected than boys by social media and they are the ones who face larger amount of stress in their daily lives. Stress of girls mostly come from tests and exams and a significantly small proportion of worrying about their future lives. Teenagers have to control their daily usage of phone so that they will not suffer from loneliness and depression.

Opinion:

I personally feel that teenagers should control their daily phone usage such that they will not be engross in their phones and be oblivious to their surroundings. A suitable amount of time of about 2 hours use for phones is definitely enough for a teen each day for their entertainment purposes. For example, my father always control my usage of phone to 2 hours from per day during weekdays for me to check on my whats-app for important messages and stuffs as well as for entertainment purposes. After 2 hours, i will have to 'surrender' my phone to him. Although this seems of restricting my freedom, it does help when it is nearing to exams or tests as i will not be too engross in my phone and not preparing for the major exams or tests. Hence, it is important for us to know that phones are a great help to us in our daily lives but we cannot rely on it too heavily before we suffer from its consequences.

teen issues by meihua

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Summary:

More and more teenagers in the society tend to be lacking in basic work experience. Most of them rather take up banks loans for their universities or college fees than to work part time. Many teenagers are busy with their daily activities such as CCA, tuition, spending time with their families and so on such that they do not have time to spare to work. This is a serious problem as research has shown that by working part time and studying, students know how to manage their time efficiently and can achieve greater success when they enter the working society. Working part time during college and universities is essential in ensuring that students can understand specific career paths and the environment of workplace. With those, they will be far better equip in the working world.

Opinion:

I personally feel that working part time while studying is a beneficial thing for students. It enable students to judge and manage their time effectively and learn to be more independent in lives. I have also experience working part time during my November and December school holidays last year and i really get a taste of how the workplace in the society is like which helps me to adapt to the workplace environment easily when i get to work after graduating. This is a major benefit to me as i will not have to find myself having difficulties in coping with lives after entering the workforce. Therefore, working part time while studying is an effective measure in allowing students to grow and develop into a working adult.