Педагогические науки / 6.Социальная педагогика.

Студентка Фролова А.О.

Научный руководитель: ассистент кафедры иностранных языков

Анисимова Светлана Анатольевна

Донецкий национальный университет экономики и торговли имени

Михаила Туган - Барановского, Украина

The Life of the Youth

Nowadays when our independent state Ukraine is developing, much attention is paid to our youth. The desire of our young people to become qualified specialists in future motivates them to enter higher educational establishments. For young people higher education is the method of developing their talents and abilities, their creative potential. That is why beside their studies they are also engaged in different clubs and organizations. Almost every school or institute has its own team of “joyful and smart” (KVN). This game is rather popular among our young people and it helps them to bring out their brightest talents and to create team spirit. Young people learn to work together, to share the moments of luck and failure. Besides studies young people are also engaged in scientific and research work. One may say that nowadays this sphere is not paid too much attention to.

This is true, but still there exist “Young Scientists’ Councils”, where young people can discuss or present their scientific investigations. There also exists the Ukrainian branch of youth organization Greenpeace in Ukraine. Young people learn to love their land and the world that surrounds them. This organization protests against environmental pollution, against extermination of all animals, not only rare species. Some young people work in their church organizations: they help elderly people; reconstruct our historical monuments and monasteries. This work brings them closer to our history, teaches them to love their country and respect its past. A lot of young people go in for sports, that is why schools and institutes have sport clubs and teams. Our young people are especially interested in football, basketball, hockey, etc. There also exists a great variety of different clubs in this country. They are: theatre clubs, where young people stage different literary works; clubs “What? Where? When?”, where they can enlarge their knowledge in different fields of science and life, and so on.

Future belongs to the young people, that is why the political life of the country is important to them. Many young people are engaged in political parties and organizations such as: the greens, the Union of Ukrainian Youth, the Scouts. If to compare the life of youth in Great Britain and the USA, we’ll see that they and their movement over decades have become important factors in the life of both countries. Numerous youth organizations have been formed since the Second World War, uniting young people from all classes and sections of the population. In the USA there exists Young Republican Federation, Young Christian Association, some religious organizations for Jewish youth. There also exist some political organizations like Students’ Coordinative Committee of Non-Violent Action and Students for Democratic Society. Youth organization Greenpeace deals with the most urgent ecological problems of today’s world. It protests against nuclear weapon tests, sea and soil pollution, etc. Some young people work in their church organizations: help elderly people or work in hospitals. There are even some groups, where young people help released prisoners to start their life anew. Sports clubs are characteristic youth organizations in the US and UK. They unite people, who are interested in baseball, football, basketball, golf, etc. Interest clubs also exist there. You can attend any club: from theatre clubs to bird-watching clubs. Bird-watching clubs are very popular, especially in Great Britain. And at the age of 14 children have a regular part-time job to earn some pocket money. Young people in the USA also have their problems and hobbies’ would like to tell about some of them. At American schools there are many different circles for schoolchildren, for example, a school literature society, sports society and so on. Many young American people are fond of sports. They attend school sports clubs. There are sports teams at schools and different competitions are organized quite often.

Besides, there are a lot of school parties. Parents help to organize them. There are “talent nights” where the schoolchildren show all their talents as to the drama or singing. Most music societies have bands or orchestras, which perform on different occasions. Besides, lots of children and teenagers have hobbies. They join different clubs that are organized for young people having the same hobby. During their holidays young people like to travel. There are also some political organizations and different organization, that are connected with ecology or racial discrimination.

As our youth, American young people also like to communicate with each other and spend a lot of time together. You can see now, our youth is mostly similar to the youth abroad in many aspects of life.