Was reading a book today and saw some shocking statistics. Let me quote you some of them:
1. Almost half of all 9th through 12th graders have had sex - including 61 percent of high-school seniors
2. Nearly half of people under the age of 21 who drink alcohol, binge-drink (having five or more drinks on one occasion). More than 500,000 young people are unintentionally injured every year under the influence of alcohol. And about 1,500 of this number die as a direct result of alcohol abuse....
3. One in six of today's young females are drunk when they lose their virginity. (One in seven say their partner was drunk as well)
4. More than 4 million teens become infected with an STD each year.
5. The average age at which teens start taking drugs is 13.
6. Among sexually active high school seniors, more than 21 percent have had four or more sex partners.
Jaws dropped. I was dumb founded after reading these shocking statistics. Although we can say these numbers only reflect what happens in the US, but looking at the way the world culture is shifting, we cannot take such statistics for granted and assume it won't hit our nation's youths!
Especially to young people whom are reading this post.... I urge you in every way that you DO NOT need to be pressured to compromise or follow what seemingly everyone in the world is doing or what seemingly is cool. Always think before you act. Being cool doesn't mean it is always the right thing to do! A moment of fun and pleasure may just lead you to severe destructive consequences that you will regret for life!
Since when has diluted values and perversed morality become a cool and hip thing? Why are people being laughed at just because they are virgins? Why are young people being persecuted and pressured into joining gangs and taking drugs so easily?
We live in a fallen world.. and the odds are all stacked against us. Choosing to stand firm against the world phenomenon is like a sore thumb sticking out and being out of place. However, being different from the rest does not neccessary mean that we are weirdos or wrong! I choose to be different for what I believe is right.
I quote what Mr Phua Chu Kang always say.. "Use your brain, Use your brain!" Think before you act, don't always just go by feeling!
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3 comments:
wonderful post. it's so true that this is a fallen generation.
i feel that instead of putting down those who choose to stand for themselves, against the tide of the world, we should be using them as inspirations, looking up to them and commending them for what they choose to believe in. those who are wise are those who stand for themselves, not bending and going with the flow, but standing for their beliefs as well. cheers. =P
indeed. agree with this post. i sometimes do feel like its very pressurising to stand up for my own beliefs. quite sad. but i believe God is strengthening me each and everyday to overcome all these persecutions by my dad. yea yea. =D
Thanks for sharing Henzy and Adeline. Think its time that youths rise up and stand up, stand firm for the right moral values.
It is not easy.. and there are many influences around, mainly family and friends. That's why this generation needs great mentors and young heros to rise up and be role models. =)
Henzy and Adeline are few of the many whom have walked the rough journeys of life and stand up for their beliefs. =)
Proud of you both! =)
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