Posts Tagged ‘society’
Caine Smith – The BULLY Project
A powerful short film about Caine Smith, a brave young boy whose daily dealings with bullying compelled him to speak out to his school administrators and be a voice for his fellow classmates. This 11-year-old from Haltom City, ...
Population Concentration and the Standard of Living
As of 00:00 on 10th April 2013, the world population count reached 7,109,330,000. The exponential increase in the human population, not only calls for the increased resources, but also the management of resources. Cities have ...
Beating Online Bullies: Fight Fire With Education
Let’s say you’re a kid and you’re perusing you’re favorite site with a Facebook tab open in another window. You hear the familiar “blinngk” noise that sounds when someone wants to talk to you. You ...
A Thin Line Between Expectation & Hope
An opportunity knocks at your door. Life gives you a second chance. Do you hope, or do you expect to make it better? Does hope for a better life sound good enough, or an expectation sounds appropriate? Well, till sometime back,...
Take Time to Reflect
Last weekend, I did something I rarely do… I took 36 hours off to reflect. Off-off. No cell phone. No lap-top. No Google analytics. No Twitter or Facebook. Nada device-related input. And when we do that, we have the chance t...
Cut Cake, Not Wrists: A Speech for Teenage Depression
Hello, my name is Dean Beirne, and I’m here to talk about this one word we fear: depression. I feel you should listen to me as I am not some old adult who has succeeded in life, but I am a teenager like you. I have gone t...
2012 – Year in Review
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darknes...
Amanda Todd and Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is a crime! It happened with Amanda Todd, a 15 year old girl from Vancouver, who was cyber bullied so much so that she had to change schools, had no friends to talk to, was left all alone and humiliated by a numbe...
Networking Is NOT a Fast Food Drive-thru
Much better than the actual food, the concept of the fast food drive-thru is wonderful. You enter the drive-thru… have a brief encounter with a person to order your food… and pay. Three simple steps to satisfy your immediat...
Volume4Teens
DUBAI – Malls seem to be too cliché, magic planets are for “kids”, teenagers are the ones who suffer when it comes entertainment and chilling out with friends. Are you playing games the whole day all by yourself ‘c...
Creating Your Own Personal Brand
This time of year, most college students are still excited about the fresh start to a new school year. However, many are also anxious about fitting in classes, homework, clubs, Greek life, internships, a job, a social life, ne...
O-MUN vs Traditional MUN
Many a times, when new delegates who have previous MUN (Model United Nations) experience join the Online-MUN (O-MUN) program, they ask the same question: What is the difference between O-MUN and traditional MUN? This article ...
The Google Nexus 7 Marriage Proposal
We love a good wedding proposal. Recently, there has been a Minecraft wedding proposal. Someone proposed with Pandora Internet radio. And given the success (and Internet popularity) of those proposals, someone thought it woul...
Facebook According To College Student “Likes”
Almost Everyone on Facebook enjoys or regularly uses the “like” button. It gives one the ability to tell people that he/she has really enjoyed what the other just wrote, shared or commented on. Building likes has b...
Justice for Natalie
During the month of July, 2008, Natalie sustained a severe head injury when she was staying in The Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The justice to fight for her proper treatment and medical coverage that she will require is ...
We’re all a bunch of racists
Disclaimer: If you’re really really really really sensitive, don’t bother reading. If you’ve got an open mind with a good sense of humor, then go on. Since you’ve already found your way here, I assume you’re part of ...
Plan – A Global Charity Initiative
Plan is a children’s charity which operates globally by working with children that reside in the world’s poorest countries to help them build a better and a secured future. Plan was found in 1937 by a British journalist, Jo...
O-MUN: Online Model United Nations
O-MUN is an online simulation of one of the world’s most popular student programs: Model United Nations. In the program, students play the role of diplomats to the United Nations of various member countries and organizations,...
Youth Culture
Youth culture is an essential term which highlights the ways in which adolescents live. This youth culture is a summary of the various norms, values and practices that are shared by the adolescent society as a suitable guide to...
Youth Club Options. For the Youth!
A youth club is formed when young people meet and enjoy taking part in those activities together in which they are interested. This could range from different sports, to religious activities, student activities, or those kinds ...
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